# Samples Mine Highwall Miner

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609153
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Kanawha, WV
- **Operator:** Panther Creek Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Public source rows linked:** 924
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sev.en Global Investments a.s. (0158381) → Panther Creek Mining LLC (0141673) → Samples Mine Highwall Miner (4609153)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **David A  Betscher Et Al → WCA Coal Augering Inc.:** 2006-03-21 through 2006-07-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Magnum Coal Company → Catenary Coal Company LLC:** 2006-07-10 through 2008-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashland Inc et al → Catenary Coal Company LLC:** 2006-07-10 through 2005-12-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Catenary Coal Company LLC:** 2008-07-23 through 2015-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Panther Creek Mining LLC:** 2015-10-26 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Panther Creek Mining LLC:** 2020-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 15
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 8 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 46 violation rows across the full record; 7 carry an S&S flag and $8,100 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 253 samples:** Occupational health samples 165 coal dust; 88 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 — 4K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 7K employee hours and 10 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 68 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 31,798 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 23,076
- **Average employees:** 12
- **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 77.1703 — First-Aid training; supervisory employees.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1703
- **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 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.211-1 — Continuous methane monitoring device; installation and operation; automatic deenergization of electric equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.211-1
- **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 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2010-06-01 through 2026-07-17; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-12-03 through 2025-12-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 45 rows; 2006-06-22 through 2026-05-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2013-02-05 through 2013-02-05; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 165 rows; 2007-10-31 through 2026-05-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2012-01-11 through 2012-01-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 326 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 67 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2006-03-21 through 2015-10-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 68 rows; 2006-04-10 through 2026-04-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 82 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 88 rows; 2008-04-29 through 2025-12-03; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 46 rows; 2006-06-22 through 2026-05-19; 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/samples-mine-highwall-miner-4609153`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/samples-mine-highwall-miner-4609153`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609153/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609153/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609153/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`