# Pax Load Out

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609114
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Fayette, WV
- **Operator:** Republic Energy LLC
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,760
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Republic Energy LLC (0103985) → Pax Load Out (4609114)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Foundation Coal Corporation → Pioneer Fuel Corporation:** 2005-08-15 through 2009-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609114; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rag Aktiengesellschaft → Pioneer Fuel Corporation:** 2005-08-15 through 2004-07-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609114; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Pioneer Fuel Corporation:** 2009-07-31 through 2009-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609114; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Simmons Fork Mining, Inc.:** 2009-07-31 through 2015-01-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609114; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Foundation Coal Corporation → Simmons Fork Mining, Inc.:** 2009-07-31 through 2009-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609114; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rag Aktiengesellschaft → Simmons Fork Mining, Inc.:** 2009-07-31 through 2006-04-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609114; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Republic Energy Inc:** 2015-01-06 through 2016-03-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609114; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Republic Energy Inc:** 2015-01-06 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609114; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Pioneer Fuel:** 2016-03-03 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609114; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Foundation Coal Corporation → Pioneer Fuel:** 2016-03-03 through 2009-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609114; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rag Aktiengesellschaft → Pioneer Fuel:** 2016-03-03 through 2004-07-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609114; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Republic Energy Inc:** 2016-07-26 through 2016-03-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609114; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Pioneer Fuel Corporation:** 2016-07-26 through 2009-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609114; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Pioneer Fuel:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609114; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Republic Energy Inc:** 2018-11-09 through 2016-03-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609114; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Republic Energy LLC:** 2018-11-27 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609114; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Republic Energy LLC:** 2018-11-27 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609114; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Republic Energy LLC:** 2018-11-27 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609114; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Republic Energy LLC:** 2018-11-27 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609114; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 19
- Typed edges: 35
- Interval anomalies: 13
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 6 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 134 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 24 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 119 violation rows across the full record; 36 carry an S&S flag and $23,245 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 329 samples:** Occupational health samples 224 coal dust; 8 coal quartz; 97 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 11 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 4 contested-violation rows, 4 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 23 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 — 21 since 2021:** Inspections 74 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 31,031
- **Average employees:** 12
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 2

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **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 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 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 6 rows; 2006-05-08 through 2022-06-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2006-07-15 through 2006-07-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 118 rows; 2006-01-30 through 2026-07-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 4 rows; 2014-01-02 through 2024-06-12; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 224 rows; 2007-08-06 through 2026-10-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2017-10-04 through 2020-07-24; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 4 rows; 2013-03-25 through 2023-03-01; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,542 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 519 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 19 rows; 2005-08-15 through 2018-11-27; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 74 rows; 2006-01-30 through 2026-10-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 97 rows; 2008-05-02 through 2026-05-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 8 rows; 2020-09-16 through 2026-09-02; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 119 rows; 2006-01-30 through 2026-07-21; 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/pax-load-out-4609114`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/pax-load-out-4609114`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609114/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609114/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609114/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`