# No. 3-A Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609279
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** Active Resources, Inc.
- **Controller:** Jon  Nix
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,244
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jon  Nix (0164901) → Active Resources, Inc. (0179133) → No. 3-A Mine (4609279)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **International Industries Inc → Hampden Coal Company, LLC:** 2008-05-15 through 2008-08-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609279; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Resources LLC → Rockhouse Creek Development LLC:** 2008-08-19 through 2011-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609279; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Industries Inc → Rockhouse Creek Development LLC:** 2008-08-19 through 2007-07-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609279; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Hampden Coal Company, LLC:** 2011-04-18 through 2008-08-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609279; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Rockhouse Creek Development LLC:** 2011-04-18 through 2014-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609279; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Hampden Coal LLC:** 2014-09-01 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609279; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Hampden Coal LLC:** 2020-06-01 through 2023-10-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609279; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jon  Nix → Active Resources, Inc.:** 2023-10-11 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609279; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 19
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 21 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 680 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 215 violation rows across the full record; 32 carry an S&S flag and $57,803 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 380 samples:** Occupational health samples 342 coal dust; 8 coal quartz; 30 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 — 208 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 97 contested-violation rows, 97 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 14 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 51 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 75.507-1 — Electric equipment other than power-connection points; outby the last open crosscut; return air; permissibility requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.507-1
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **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 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 75.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.904
- **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
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 21 rows; 2009-08-04 through 2016-04-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-10-01 through 2026-10-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 213 rows; 2008-12-02 through 2016-04-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 97 rows; 2011-04-20 through 2015-03-06; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 342 rows; 2009-09-09 through 2013-06-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 14 rows; 2010-11-17 through 2012-03-08; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 97 rows; 2009-09-02 through 2013-06-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2008-05-15 through 2023-10-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 51 rows; 2008-09-26 through 2020-08-04; 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:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 30 rows; 2009-09-01 through 2011-12-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 8 rows; 2009-09-09 through 2011-05-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 215 rows; 2008-12-02 through 2016-04-27; 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/no-3-a-mine-4609279`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-3-a-mine-4609279`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609279/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609279/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609279/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`