# Winchester Peerless Rachel Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609258
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** Kanawha Eagle Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Public source rows linked:** 22,371
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sev.en Global Investments a.s. (0158381) → Kanawha Eagle Mining, LLC (0141654) → Winchester Peerless Rachel Mine (4609258)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Robert E  Ellis → Newtown Energy, Inc.:** 2008-04-01 through 2012-02-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James O  Bunn  et al → Newtown Energy, Inc.:** 2008-04-01 through 2008-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Franklin D  Robertson  et al → Newtown Energy, Inc.:** 2008-04-01 through 2008-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Newtown Energy, Inc.:** 2012-03-01 through 2014-01-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Emerald Processing, LLC.:** 2014-01-09 through 2015-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert E  Ellis → Emerald Processing, LLC.:** 2014-01-09 through 2012-02-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James O  Bunn  et al → Emerald Processing, LLC.:** 2014-01-09 through 2008-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Franklin D  Robertson  et al → Emerald Processing, LLC.:** 2014-01-09 through 2008-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Kanawha Eagle Mining, LLC:** 2015-10-26 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Kanawha Eagle Mining, LLC:** 2020-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 19
- Interval anomalies: 5
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 47 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 191 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 6,596 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 1,097 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 2,460 violation rows across the full record; 629 carry an S&S flag and $1,803,085 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 12K samples:** Occupational health samples 11,325 coal dust; 484 coal quartz; 384 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 95 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 2,839 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1,377 contested-violation rows, 1,377 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 85 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 — 196 since 2021:** Inspections 468 inspection events and 37K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 766,938 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 323,848
- **Average employees:** 135
- **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 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **30 CFR 75.204 — Roof bolting.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.204
- **30 CFR 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **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 72.630 — Drill dust control at underground areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.630
- **30 CFR 75.1600-2 — Communication facilities; working sections; installation and maintenance requirements; audible or visual alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-Q/section-75.1600-2
- **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 75.1714-4 — Additional self-contained self-rescuers (SCSRs).** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-4

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 191 rows; 2012-04-15 through 2026-09-08; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-04-13 through 2020-04-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 2,381 rows; 2010-11-19 through 2026-08-31; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1,377 rows; 2012-11-09 through 2026-09-16; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 11,325 rows; 2005-06-10 through 2026-10-15; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 85 rows; 2013-06-20 through 2026-09-08; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1,377 rows; 2010-09-13 through 2026-06-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,491 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 303 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 2008-04-01 through 2015-10-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 468 rows; 2010-09-02 through 2026-10-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 33 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 384 rows; 2012-08-28 through 2026-08-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 484 rows; 2012-08-14 through 2026-08-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 2,460 rows; 2010-11-19 through 2026-10-13; 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/winchester-peerless-rachel-mine-4609258`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/winchester-peerless-rachel-mine-4609258`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609258/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609258/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609258/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`