# Opus Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609400
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Kanawha, WV
- **Operator:** WWMV LLC
- **Controller:** CMDC LLC; RWMV LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 198
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**CMDC LLC; RWMV LLC (0133521) → WWMV LLC (0151133) → Opus Mine (4609400)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Douglas M  Epling et al → Hanover Resources, LLC:** 2011-01-24 through 2017-04-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609400; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CMDC LLC et al → WWMV LLC:** 2017-04-27 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609400; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **RWMV LLC et al → WWMV LLC:** 2017-04-27 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609400; 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 23 violation rows across the full record; 8 carry an S&S flag and $13,971 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 49 samples:** Occupational health samples 28 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 — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 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 18 inspection events and 434 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 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.1601 — Transportation of persons; restrictions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1601
- **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 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2011-12-13 through 2011-12-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-07-17 through 2014-07-17; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 21 rows; 2011-08-30 through 2013-02-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 28 rows; 2011-08-31 through 2013-04-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2012-07-25 through 2012-07-25; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 39 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2011-01-24 through 2017-04-27; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 18 rows; 2011-03-07 through 2014-08-19; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 30 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 19 rows; 2011-09-08 through 2012-12-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2013-01-04 through 2013-01-04; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 23 rows; 2011-08-30 through 2013-02-05; 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/opus-mine-4609400`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/opus-mine-4609400`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609400/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609400/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609400/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`