# No. 1 Surface Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609473
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Greenbrier, WV
- **Operator:** PRINCESS POLLY ANNA COAL, INC.
- **Controller:** Frederick J  Taylor
- **Public source rows linked:** 694
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Frederick J  Taylor (C11164) → PRINCESS POLLY ANNA COAL, INC. (P15570) → No. 1 Surface Mine (4609473)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Fred  Taylor et al → Princess Polly Anna & JCT Enterprises, LLC:** 2013-03-05 through 2013-07-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609473; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joseph C  Turley II et al → Princess Polly Anna & JCT Enterprises, LLC:** 2013-03-05 through 2013-07-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609473; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Risa  Taylor → ARJ Construction Company, Inc.:** 2013-07-12 through 2006-02-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609473; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Freddie A  Taylor → ARJ Construction Company, Inc.:** 2013-07-12 through 2014-09-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609473; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Frederick J  Taylor → PRINCESS POLLY ANNA COAL, INC.:** 2014-09-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609473; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 12
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 24 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 55 violation rows across the full record; 7 carry an S&S flag and $26,770 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 252 samples:** Occupational health samples 167 coal dust; 15 coal quartz; 70 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 10 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 4 contested-violation rows, 4 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 — 17 since 2021:** Inspections 51 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 29,305 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 25,724
- **Average employees:** 12
- **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **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 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 47.44 — Temporary, portable containers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.44
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.200 — Surface installations; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.200
- **30 CFR 47.41 — Requirement for container labels.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.41

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2018-10-17 through 2018-10-17; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-06-10 through 2026-06-10; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 54 rows; 2015-09-09 through 2025-08-26; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 4 rows; 2020-01-15 through 2020-01-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 167 rows; 2013-05-09 through 2025-12-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2019-08-01 through 2019-08-01; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 4 rows; 2019-02-13 through 2019-06-26; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 115 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2013-03-05 through 2014-09-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 51 rows; 2013-07-29 through 2026-06-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 89 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **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:** 70 rows; 2013-08-21 through 2025-03-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 15 rows; 2014-12-03 through 2025-03-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 55 rows; 2015-09-09 through 2025-08-26; 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/no-1-surface-mine-4609473`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-1-surface-mine-4609473`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609473/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609473/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609473/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`