# PANTHER EAGLE MINE

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609212
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Raleigh, WV
- **Operator:** Marfork Coal Company
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 16,069
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Marfork Coal Company (P22603) → PANTHER EAGLE MINE (4609212)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Massey Energy Company → Marfork Coal Company:** 2007-09-28 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609212; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Marfork Coal Company:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609212; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Marfork Coal Company:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609212; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Marfork Coal Company:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609212; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 — 64 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 84 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 3,751 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 922 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,456 violation rows across the full record; 196 carry an S&S flag and $1,230,662 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 11K samples:** Occupational health samples 10,870 coal dust; 401 coal quartz; 165 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 12 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 — 187K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 117K employee hours and 198 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 256 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 113 contested-violation rows, 113 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 30 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 — 49 since 2021:** Inspections 87 inspection events and 15K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 568,239 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 303,781
- **Average employees:** 127
- **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 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.351 — Atmospheric monitoring systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.351
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **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 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403
- **30 CFR 90.102 — Transfer; notice.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-90/subpart-B/section-90.102

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 84 rows; 2018-02-02 through 2026-09-24; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-04-27 through 2020-04-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,410 rows; 2017-05-16 through 2026-08-06; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 113 rows; 2018-09-14 through 2026-07-01; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 10,870 rows; 2017-06-08 through 2026-10-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 30 rows; 2018-01-10 through 2026-05-14; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 113 rows; 2018-04-05 through 2026-04-27; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 963 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 206 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2007-09-28 through 2007-09-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 87 rows; 2009-06-22 through 2026-10-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 144 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **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:** 165 rows; 2017-11-13 through 2026-10-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 401 rows; 2017-06-21 through 2026-07-28; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,456 rows; 2017-05-16 through 2026-10-07; 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/panther-eagle-mine-4609212`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/panther-eagle-mine-4609212`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609212/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609212/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609212/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`