# Sewell Mine R

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609455
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc.
- **Controller:** Edward A  Asbury
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,279
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Edward A  Asbury (C03440) → Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc. (P21969) → Sewell Mine R (4609455)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Edward A  Asbury → Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc.:** 2012-06-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609455; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 9 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 275 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 666 violation rows across the full record; 115 carry an S&S flag and $187,311 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,123 coal dust; 88 coal quartz; 73 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 364 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 174 contested-violation rows, 174 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 16 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 — 30 since 2021:** Inspections 81 inspection events and 5K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 91,502 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 41,489
- **Average employees:** 15
- **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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **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 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **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 75.220 — 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 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.601 — Short circuit protection of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601
- **30 CFR 75.1101-10 — Water sprinkler systems; fire warning devices at belt drives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-10
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2017-05-15 through 2020-02-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-03-10 through 2026-03-10; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 662 rows; 2013-01-16 through 2026-04-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 174 rows; 2015-02-25 through 2026-02-23; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,123 rows; 2003-03-01 through 2026-03-05; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 16 rows; 2015-02-13 through 2019-05-17; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 174 rows; 2014-04-30 through 2026-03-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 148 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 44 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 2012-06-05 through 2012-06-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 81 rows; 2012-08-20 through 2026-07-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 25 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 73 rows; 2014-05-20 through 2025-01-29; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 88 rows; 2013-01-25 through 2026-03-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 666 rows; 2013-01-16 through 2026-04-08; 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/sewell-mine-r-4609455`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sewell-mine-r-4609455`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609455/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609455/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609455/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`