# Pocahontas HWM 52

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609531
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Raleigh, WV
- **Operator:** Pocahontas Coal Company, LLC
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 526
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → Pocahontas Coal Company, LLC (0118488) → Pocahontas HWM 52 (4609531)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Perian  Salviola et al → Bundy Auger Mining, Inc:** 2017-04-10 through 2012-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609531; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David D  Bundy et al → Bundy Auger Mining, Inc:** 2017-04-10 through 2012-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609531; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David D  Bundy et al → Bundy Auger Mining, Inc:** 2017-04-10 through 2016-06-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609531; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **OHA Investment Corporation et al → Bundy Auger Mining, Inc:** 2017-04-10 through 2016-06-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609531; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David D  Bundy → Bundy Auger Mining, Inc:** 2017-04-10 through 2018-05-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609531; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert  Williams et al → Bundy Auger Mining, Inc:** 2017-04-10 through 2010-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609531; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David D  Bundy et al → Bundy Auger Mining, Inc:** 2017-04-10 through 2010-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609531; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **L C Management et al → Commonwealth Mining, LLC:** 2018-05-09 through 2018-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609531; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cox Enterprises et al → Commonwealth Mining, LLC:** 2018-05-09 through 2018-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609531; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cox Enterprises LLC et al → Commonwealth Mining, LLC:** 2019-01-01 through 2019-03-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609531; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **SDC LLC et al → Commonwealth Mining, LLC:** 2019-01-01 through 2019-03-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609531; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Pocahontas Coal Company, LLC:** 2019-03-25 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609531; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 12
- Typed edges: 22
- Interval anomalies: 6
- 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; 1 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 13 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 44 violation rows across the full record; 13 carry an S&S flag and $88,070 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 79 samples:** Occupational health samples 46 coal dust; 33 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 — 15 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 8 contested-violation rows, 4 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 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 — 13 since 2021:** Inspections 33 inspection events and 943 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 68,872 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 20,273
- **Average employees:** 21
- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 77.410 — 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 77.202 — Dust accumulations in surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.202
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2017-08-22 through 2018-02-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-05-19 through 2025-05-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 39 rows; 2017-09-19 through 2022-08-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 4 rows; 2020-01-16 through 2020-02-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 46 rows; 2017-09-19 through 2025-01-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2018-09-04 through 2019-08-07; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 8 rows; 2018-06-12 through 2019-10-21; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 255 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:** 12 rows; 2017-04-10 through 2019-03-25; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 33 rows; 2017-05-10 through 2026-04-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 33 rows; 2017-09-19 through 2025-01-30; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 44 rows; 2017-09-19 through 2022-08-22; 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/pocahontas-hwm-52-4609531`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/pocahontas-hwm-52-4609531`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609531/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609531/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609531/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`