# Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609297
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Kanawha, WV
- **Operator:** Blue Creek Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Public source rows linked:** 26,214
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sev.en Global Investments a.s. (0158381) → Blue Creek Mining, LLC (0141656) → Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine (4609297)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Magnum Coal Company → Coyote Coal Company LLC:** 2008-07-18 through 2008-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609297; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Coyote Coal Company LLC:** 2008-07-23 through 2008-11-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609297; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Magnum Coal Company → Midland Trail Energy LLC:** 2008-11-12 through 2008-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609297; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Midland Trail Energy LLC:** 2008-11-12 through 2015-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609297; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Blue Creek Mining, LLC:** 2015-10-26 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609297; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Blue Creek Mining, LLC:** 2020-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609297; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 14
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 16 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 141 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 6,803 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 873 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 2,665 violation rows across the full record; 404 carry an S&S flag and $1,560,282 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 16K samples:** Occupational health samples 14,981 coal dust; 554 coal quartz; 413 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 113 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 — 2,712 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1,262 contested-violation rows, 1,262 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 188 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 10 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 — 48 since 2021:** Inspections 167 inspection events and 33K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 1,210,980 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 278,058
- **Average employees:** 120
- **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 75.400 — 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 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3
- **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 75.604 — 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 75.1107-13 — Approval of other fire suppression devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-13
- **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 75.380 — 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 75.344 — Compressors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.344
- **30 CFR 75.1106-3 — Storage of liquefied and nonliquefied compressed gas cylinders; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1106-3
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 141 rows; 2010-04-03 through 2025-11-24; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-05-13 through 2020-05-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 2,603 rows; 2009-04-16 through 2026-08-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1,262 rows; 2012-02-03 through 2026-03-09; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 14,981 rows; 2010-02-04 through 2026-10-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 188 rows; 2011-11-09 through 2026-08-24; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1,262 rows; 2010-05-25 through 2025-09-16; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,580 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 344 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2008-07-18 through 2015-10-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 167 rows; 2008-12-23 through 2026-10-13; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 46 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 413 rows; 2010-08-25 through 2026-10-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 554 rows; 2010-02-04 through 2026-08-18; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 2,665 rows; 2009-04-16 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/blue-creek-no-1-ug-mine-4609297`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/blue-creek-no-1-ug-mine-4609297`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609297/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609297/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609297/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`