# Mine No 5

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609103
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Timco Energy, Inc.
- **Controller:** Edward A  Asbury
- **Public source rows linked:** 347
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Edward A  Asbury (C03440) → Timco Energy, Inc. (P18697) → Mine No 5 (4609103)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Edward A  Asbury → Timco Energy Inc:** 2005-04-12 through 2009-04-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609103; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **MELISSA  CLINE → Glow Worm Coal Company:** 2009-04-28 through 2012-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609103; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas W  Lusk → Glow Worm Coal Company:** 2009-04-28 through 2005-01-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609103; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Edward A  Asbury → Timco Energy, Inc.:** 2012-08-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609103; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 70 violation rows across the full record; 18 carry an S&S flag and $9,395 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 112 samples:** Occupational health samples 100 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 10 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 26 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 13 contested-violation rows, 13 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 26 inspection events and 569 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 75.1721 — Opening of new underground coal mines, or reopening and reactivating of abandoned or deactivated coal mines, notification by the operator; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1721
- **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 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **30 CFR 75.1103-4 — Automatic fire sensor and warning device systems; installation; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-4
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.601-1 — Short circuit protection; ratings and settings of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601-1
- **30 CFR 75.203 — Mining methods.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.203
- **30 CFR 75.312 — Main mine fan examinations and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.312

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-08-09 through 2018-08-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 69 rows; 2006-02-15 through 2010-02-09; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 13 rows; 2008-09-22 through 2010-12-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 100 rows; 2006-06-15 through 2010-04-09; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 13 rows; 2008-03-03 through 2008-05-27; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2005-04-12 through 2012-08-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 26 rows; 2005-06-28 through 2018-08-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 34 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:** 10 rows; 2006-10-10 through 2008-05-20; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2008-05-19 through 2009-09-15; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 70 rows; 2006-02-15 through 2010-02-09; 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/mine-no-5-4609103`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-5-4609103`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609103/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609103/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609103/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`