# Pocahontas Highwall Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609096
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Raleigh, WV
- **Operator:** Pocahontas Coal Company, LLC
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,679
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → Pocahontas Coal Company, LLC (0065824) → Pocahontas Highwall Mine (4609096)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **John W  Clifton II → North Star One LLC:** 2005-03-30 through 2006-08-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609096; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → North Star One LLC:** 2006-08-14 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609096; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → North Star One LLC:** 2009-04-30 through 2012-03-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609096; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Pocahontas Coal Company, LLC:** 2012-03-12 through 2014-09-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609096; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Pocahontas Coal Company, LLC:** 2012-03-12 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609096; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Omega Holdings LLC → Omega Highwall Mining Services, LLC:** 2014-09-10 through 2014-09-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609096; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Pocahontas Coal Company, LLC:** 2014-09-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609096; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Pocahontas Coal Company, LLC:** 2014-09-26 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609096; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 18
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 2 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 22 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 331 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 27 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 193 violation rows across the full record; 63 carry an S&S flag and $147,256 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 329 samples:** Occupational health samples 235 coal dust; 15 coal quartz; 79 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 77 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 34 contested-violation rows, 34 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 9 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 11 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 — 16 since 2021:** Inspections 80 inspection events and 3K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 3,250 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 9,747
- **Average employees:** 7
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1604 — Transportation of persons; overcrowding.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1604
- **30 CFR 72.620 — Drill dust control at surface mines and surface areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.620
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 22 rows; 2005-11-09 through 2022-09-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-05-20 through 2024-05-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 186 rows; 2005-10-06 through 2024-03-25; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 34 rows; 2010-08-25 through 2020-07-31; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 235 rows; 2005-10-06 through 2024-05-01; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 9 rows; 2008-05-01 through 2023-11-07; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 34 rows; 2009-03-10 through 2020-03-25; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,390 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 348 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2005-03-30 through 2014-09-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 80 rows; 2005-06-13 through 2026-04-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 44 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 79 rows; 2008-04-12 through 2024-03-25; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 15 rows; 2018-03-21 through 2024-03-25; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 193 rows; 2005-10-06 through 2024-03-25; 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/pocahontas-highwall-mine-4609096`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/pocahontas-highwall-mine-4609096`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609096/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609096/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609096/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`