# Powellton #1 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609217
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Logan, WV
- **Operator:** Coal Mac East
- **Controller:** John Mitch Potter
- **Public source rows linked:** 30,744
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John Mitch Potter (0144441) → Coal Mac East (0210693) → Powellton #1 Mine (4609217)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Energy Coal Resources Inc → Appalachian Fuels LLC:** 2007-06-26 through 2007-12-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609217; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John C  Smith Jr → Appalachian Fuels LLC:** 2007-06-26 through 2006-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609217; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **INR-I Holdings LLC → Cliffs Logan County Coal, LLC:** 2007-12-07 through 2010-08-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609217; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleveland-Cliffs Inc → Cliffs Logan County Coal, LLC:** 2010-08-02 through 2014-12-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609217; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Coronado Coal LLC → Greenbrier Minerals, LLC:** 2014-12-31 through 2026-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609217; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John Mitch Potter → Coal Mac East:** 2026-08-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609217; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 16
- 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 — 13 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 216 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 9,905 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 621 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 4,185 violation rows across the full record; 797 carry an S&S flag and $2,248,058 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 16K samples:** Occupational health samples 14,700 coal dust; 639 coal quartz; 566 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 62 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 — 2K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 4K employee hours and 6 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2,486 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1,185 contested-violation rows, 1,185 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 116 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 13 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 — 54 since 2021:** Inspections 248 inspection events and 40K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 117,440 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 125,994
- **Average employees:** 47
- **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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.807 — Installation of high-voltage transmission cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-I/section-75.807
- **30 CFR 75.1600-3 — Communications facilities; refuge alternatives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-Q/section-75.1600-3
- **30 CFR 75.1505 — Escapeway maps.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1505
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **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 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.701 — 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-75/subpart-H/section-75.701

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 216 rows; 2008-01-15 through 2025-10-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-09-15 through 2026-09-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 4,105 rows; 2007-11-16 through 2026-08-31; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1,185 rows; 2010-09-20 through 2026-09-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 14,700 rows; 2007-05-06 through 2026-04-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 116 rows; 2010-06-17 through 2026-07-16; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1,185 rows; 2009-01-06 through 2026-02-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,745 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 535 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2007-06-26 through 2026-08-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 248 rows; 2007-09-17 through 2026-10-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 253 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 58 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 566 rows; 2008-11-20 through 2026-10-07; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 639 rows; 2008-11-18 through 2026-04-23; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 4,185 rows; 2007-11-16 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/powellton-1-mine-4609217`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/powellton-1-mine-4609217`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609217/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609217/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609217/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`