# MINE NO.1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609516
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** MET COAL MINING, INC.
- **Controller:** Mark  Watts
- **Public source rows linked:** 673
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Mark  Watts (0168361) → MET COAL MINING, INC. (0182113) → MINE NO.1 (4609516)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **PhyllisAnne  Pesce → Four Pole Mining, LLC:** 2016-09-08 through 2018-06-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609516; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Brandon  Bishop → Rayco, LLC:** 2018-06-19 through 2018-10-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609516; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **PhyllisAnne  Pesce → Four Pole Mining, LLC:** 2018-10-12 through 2022-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609516; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mark  Watts → Met Coal Mining, Inc.:** 2022-04-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609516; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 11
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 266 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 272 violation rows across the full record; 58 carry an S&S flag and $237,886 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 75 samples:** Occupational health samples 57 coal dust; 8 coal quartz; 10 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 — 6K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 7K employee hours and 15 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 — 32 since 2021:** Inspections 42 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 18,522 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 17,592
- **Average employees:** 16
- **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 75.312 — 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 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 77.800-2 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.800-2
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **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 75.220 — 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 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 45.4 — Independent contractor register.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-45/section-45.4
- **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 77.1110 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-03-19 through 2025-03-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 262 rows; 2017-09-19 through 2025-01-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 57 rows; 2023-06-29 through 2024-07-31; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2016-09-08 through 2022-04-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 42 rows; 2017-06-05 through 2025-01-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 10 rows; 2023-08-17 through 2023-10-17; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 8 rows; 2023-08-17 through 2024-07-31; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 272 rows; 2017-09-19 through 2025-01-29; 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-1-4609516`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-1-4609516`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609516/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609516/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609516/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`