# No. 7

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609068
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** Rockhouse Creek Development Corp.
- **Controller:** James River Coal Company
- **Public source rows linked:** 445
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James River Coal Company (C13562) → Rockhouse Creek Development Corp. (P24390) → No. 7 (4609068)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **International Industries Inc → Rockhouse Creek Development Corp.:** 2004-10-14 through 2007-07-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609068; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Resources LLC → Rockhouse Creek Development Corp.:** 2007-07-16 through 2011-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609068; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Rockhouse Creek Development Corp.:** 2011-04-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609068; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 14 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 291 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 133 violation rows across the full record; 32 carry an S&S flag and $25,385 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 112 samples:** Occupational health samples 101 coal dust; 6 coal quartz; 5 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 37K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 20K employee hours and 39 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 17 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 8 contested-violation rows, 8 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 13 inspection events and 737 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 48.9 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.9
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.1713-7 — First-aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1713-7
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 14 rows; 2005-05-05 through 2006-12-19; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-02-28 through 2007-02-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 130 rows; 2005-03-22 through 2006-12-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 8 rows; 2007-04-12 through 2008-03-17; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 101 rows; 2005-05-19 through 2007-05-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2006-11-03 through 2006-11-03; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 8 rows; 2006-09-06 through 2006-12-19; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2004-10-14 through 2004-10-14; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 13 rows; 2004-12-27 through 2007-01-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 5 rows; 2005-06-21 through 2005-06-21; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 6 rows; 2005-09-08 through 2007-01-30; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 133 rows; 2005-03-22 through 2006-12-19; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/no-7-4609068`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-7-4609068`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609068/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609068/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609068/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`