# Auger A-1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609535
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Clay, KY
- **Operator:** Denali Energy Group, LLC
- **Controller:** Conrad  Whitaker; Jonathan  Whitaker
- **Public source rows linked:** 135
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Conrad  Whitaker; Jonathan  Whitaker (0096553) → Denali Energy Group, LLC (0113905) → Auger A-1 (4609535)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Conrad  Whitaker et al → Denali Energy Group, LLC:** 2017-05-25 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609535; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jonathan  Whitaker et al → Denali Energy Group, LLC:** 2017-05-25 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609535; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 4
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 12 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 21 violation rows across the full record; 2 carry an S&S flag and $2,911 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 31 samples:** Occupational health samples 18 coal dust; 13 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 — 9 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 4 contested-violation rows, 4 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 — 12 since 2021:** Inspections 23 inspection events and 458 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 72.100 — Periodic examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-B/section-72.100
- **30 CFR 77.402 — Hand-held power tools; safety devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.402
- **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
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **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 77.205 — 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 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2021-01-18 through 2021-01-18; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-02-24 through 2026-02-24; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 21 rows; 2017-10-11 through 2022-08-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 4 rows; 2020-12-16 through 2020-12-16; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 18 rows; 2017-08-16 through 2022-09-21; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2022-11-15 through 2022-11-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 4 rows; 2020-03-03 through 2020-03-03; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2017-05-25 through 2017-05-25; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 23 rows; 2017-08-07 through 2026-07-09; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 13 rows; 2017-08-16 through 2022-09-21; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 21 rows; 2017-10-11 through 2022-08-18; 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/auger-a-1-4609535`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/auger-a-1-4609535`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609535/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609535/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609535/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`