# Mine No. 40

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609298
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** XMV, Inc.
- **Controller:** Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,932
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (M00106) → XMV, Inc. (0050923) → Mine No. 40 (4609298)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Steven W  Haynes et al → Extra Energy, Inc.:** 2008-07-22 through 2008-09-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609298; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **ArcelorMittal → Extra Energy, Inc.:** 2008-09-16 through 2008-10-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609298; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **ArcelorMittal → XMV, Inc.:** 2008-10-20 through 2020-12-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609298; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William G  Skewes → XMV, Inc.:** 2008-10-20 through 2008-10-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609298; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleveland-Cliffs Inc → Extra Energy, Inc.:** 2020-12-09 through 2008-10-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609298; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleveland-Cliffs Inc → XMV, Inc.:** 2020-12-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609298; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 13
- 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 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 302 violation rows across the full record; 62 carry an S&S flag and $103,691 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 800 samples:** Occupational health samples 702 coal dust; 30 coal quartz; 68 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 219 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 98 contested-violation rows, 98 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 23 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 71 inspection events and 4K 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 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.508 — Map of electrical system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.508
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.1505 — Escapeway maps.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1505
- **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 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.351 — Atmospheric monitoring systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.351
- **30 CFR 75.906 — Trailing cables for mobile equipment, ground wires, and ground check wires.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.906

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2009-11-02 through 2015-06-18; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-02-21 through 2024-02-21; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 298 rows; 2009-08-25 through 2015-09-15; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 98 rows; 2011-06-23 through 2015-06-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 702 rows; 2009-10-08 through 2015-09-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 23 rows; 2012-05-09 through 2015-07-07; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 98 rows; 2009-12-02 through 2014-09-03; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 129 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 28 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2008-07-22 through 2008-10-20; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 71 rows; 2009-01-28 through 2016-04-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 67 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 68 rows; 2010-01-08 through 2015-09-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 30 rows; 2009-12-07 through 2015-09-15; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 302 rows; 2009-08-25 through 2015-09-15; 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/mine-no-40-4609298`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-40-4609298`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609298/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609298/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609298/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`