# Alma No 2 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609223
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** Ben's Creek Operations WV LLC
- **Controller:** Bens Creek Group PLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 611
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Bens Creek Group PLC (0181180) → Ben's Creek Operations WV LLC (0149713) → Alma No 2 Mine (4609223)**

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:** 2007-07-18 through 2011-03-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609223; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joe  Valis et al → Glen Alum Operations, LLC:** 2011-03-21 through 2016-11-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609223; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rufus W West et al → Glen Alum Operations, LLC:** 2011-03-21 through 2016-11-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609223; 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 4609223; 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 4609223; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bens Creek Group PLC → Ben's Creek Operations WV LLC:** 2023-11-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609223; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 14
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 30 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 377 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 157 violation rows across the full record; 47 carry an S&S flag and $38,105 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 91 samples:** Occupational health samples 78 coal dust; 8 coal quartz; 5 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — 8 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 4 contested-violation rows, 4 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 26 inspection events and 854 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 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 30 rows; 2008-02-22 through 2009-12-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-01-03 through 2024-01-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 151 rows; 2007-09-26 through 2010-01-28; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 4 rows; 2008-10-10 through 2011-10-03; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 78 rows; 2007-10-29 through 2009-02-26; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 4 rows; 2007-10-24 through 2010-01-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 40 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2007-07-18 through 2016-11-07; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 26 rows; 2007-09-17 through 2020-10-15; 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:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 5 rows; 2007-10-29 through 2007-10-29; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 8 rows; 2007-10-29 through 2009-01-22; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 157 rows; 2007-09-26 through 2010-01-28; 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/alma-no-2-mine-4609223`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/alma-no-2-mine-4609223`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609223/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609223/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609223/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`