# Lower Alma No 6

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609272
- **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:** 960
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Bens Creek Group PLC (0181180) → Ben's Creek Operations WV LLC (0149713) → Lower Alma No 6 (4609272)**

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:** 2008-04-11 through 2011-03-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609272; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joe  Valis et al → Glen Alum Operations, LLC:** 2011-03-15 through 2016-11-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609272; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rufus W West et al → Glen Alum Operations, LLC:** 2011-03-15 through 2016-11-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609272; 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 4609272; 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 4609272; 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 4609272; 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 16 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 343 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 155 violation rows across the full record; 44 carry an S&S flag and $70,235 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 163 samples:** Occupational health samples 146 coal dust; 4 coal quartz; 13 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 96 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 48 contested-violation rows, 48 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 — 1 since 2021:** Inspections 74 inspection events and 2K 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 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505
- **30 CFR 75.312 — Main mine fan examinations and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.312
- **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 75.515 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.515
- **30 CFR 75.512-2 — Frequency of examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512-2

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 16 rows; 2012-06-25 through 2014-07-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-01-03 through 2024-01-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 151 rows; 2010-06-17 through 2016-11-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 48 rows; 2013-04-15 through 2015-04-24; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 146 rows; 2012-06-11 through 2014-04-21; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 48 rows; 2012-07-26 through 2014-05-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 234 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 50 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2008-04-11 through 2016-11-07; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 74 rows; 2010-06-17 through 2021-09-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 13 rows; 2012-08-08 through 2013-05-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 4 rows; 2012-09-18 through 2013-10-29; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 155 rows; 2010-06-17 through 2016-11-02; 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/lower-alma-no-6-4609272`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/lower-alma-no-6-4609272`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609272/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609272/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609272/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`