# Upper Cedar Grove Mine No 5

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609215
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** Mega Highwall Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** Daniel W  Bunn
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,677
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Daniel W  Bunn (0101029) → Mega Highwall Mining, LLC (0149874) → Upper Cedar Grove Mine No 5 (4609215)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Robert  Helton → KWV Operations LLC:** 2007-05-29 through 2011-02-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609215; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joe  Valis et al → Glen Alum Operations, LLC:** 2011-02-07 through 2016-11-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609215; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rufus W West et al → Glen Alum Operations, LLC:** 2011-02-07 through 2016-11-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609215; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ben's Creek Limited → Ben's Creek Operations WV LLC:** 2016-11-07 through 2020-11-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609215; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **MBU Capital Group LTD et al → Ben's Creek Operations WV LLC:** 2020-11-11 through 2023-11-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609215; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bens Creek Group PLC → Ben's Creek Operations WV LLC:** 2023-11-28 through 2024-10-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609215; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Daniel W  Bunn → Mega Highwall Mining, LLC:** 2024-10-10 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609215; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 17
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 71 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,488 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 6 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 786 violation rows across the full record; 278 carry an S&S flag and $309,133 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 508 samples:** Occupational health samples 434 coal dust; 28 coal quartz; 46 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 744 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 368 contested-violation rows, 368 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 8 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 — 16 since 2021:** Inspections 116 inspection events and 5K 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 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 48.3 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.3
- **30 CFR 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 71.209 — Status change reports.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.209
- **30 CFR 77.701 — Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-H/section-77.701
- **30 CFR 77.601 — Trailing cables or portable cables; temporary splices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-G/section-77.601
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 77.800-2 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.800-2
- **30 CFR 77.900-2 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.900-2
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 71 rows; 2008-08-15 through 2021-08-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-09-21 through 2026-09-21; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 767 rows; 2008-06-10 through 2026-06-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 368 rows; 2010-07-15 through 2016-03-04; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 434 rows; 2008-07-17 through 2014-05-20; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 8 rows; 2011-01-13 through 2013-03-28; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 368 rows; 2009-02-01 through 2014-05-20; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 426 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 97 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2007-05-29 through 2024-10-10; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 116 rows; 2008-01-23 through 2026-09-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 127 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 46 rows; 2008-09-10 through 2013-04-30; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 28 rows; 2008-09-10 through 2014-05-20; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 786 rows; 2008-06-10 through 2026-06-08; 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/upper-cedar-grove-mine-no-5-4609215`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/upper-cedar-grove-mine-no-5-4609215`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609215/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609215/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609215/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`