# Cook Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609328
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** Independence Coal Company
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,186
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc (0127923) → Independence Coal Company (P21654) → Cook Mine (4609328)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Massey Energy Company → Independence Coal Company:** 2009-02-02 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609328; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Independence Coal Company:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609328; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Independence Coal Company:** 2016-07-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609328; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 20 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 287 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 181 violation rows across the full record; 69 carry an S&S flag and $306,961 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 160 samples:** Occupational health samples 139 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 19 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 — 144 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 72 contested-violation rows, 72 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 30 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.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **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 75.311 — Main mine fan operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.311
- **30 CFR 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **30 CFR 75.363 — Hazardous conditions and violations of mandatory health or safety standards; posting, correcting, and recording.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.363
- **30 CFR 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **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 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 77.1102 — Warning signs; smoking and open flame.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1102
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 20 rows; 2009-10-16 through 2015-04-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-02-07 through 2014-02-07; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 177 rows; 2010-04-12 through 2013-09-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 72 rows; 2012-03-07 through 2013-08-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 139 rows; 2010-04-22 through 2011-03-16; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 72 rows; 2010-04-12 through 2011-11-30; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 343 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 75 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2009-02-02 through 2009-02-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 30 rows; 2010-04-05 through 2013-11-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 42 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 19 rows; 2010-05-03 through 2010-08-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2010-08-17 through 2011-01-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 181 rows; 2010-04-12 through 2013-09-19; 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/cook-mine-4609328`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/cook-mine-4609328`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609328/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609328/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609328/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`