# Beech Mountain Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609546
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Randolph, WV
- **Operator:** Knox Operating, LLC
- **Controller:** Jeffrey K Justus II
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,772
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jeffrey K Justus II (0115701) → Knox Operating, LLC (0135913) → Beech Mountain Mine (4609546)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Metinvest B V → Carter Roag Coal Company:** 2017-11-08 through 2018-09-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609546; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Carter Roag Coal Company:** 2017-11-08 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609546; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kristopher C  Lilly → Red Bone Mining Company:** 2018-09-05 through 2019-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609546; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles D  Lilly → Red Bone Mining Company:** 2018-09-05 through 2012-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609546; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffrey K Justus II → Knox Operating, LLC:** 2019-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609546; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 13
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 133 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 109 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 273 violation rows across the full record; 49 carry an S&S flag and $63,392 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,422 coal dust; 54 coal quartz; 52 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 12 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 — 26K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 11K employee hours and 18 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 41 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 10 contested-violation rows, 9 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 22 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 — 36 since 2021:** Inspections 85 inspection events and 4K 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 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 75.1715 — Identification check system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1715
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **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 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **30 CFR 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **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 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1714-2 — Self-rescue devices; use and location requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-2

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2020-04-11 through 2021-12-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-09-14 through 2023-09-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 271 rows; 2018-10-04 through 2023-06-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 9 rows; 2019-08-29 through 2021-04-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,422 rows; 2018-09-24 through 2023-06-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 22 rows; 2019-05-03 through 2023-02-03; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 10 rows; 2019-01-03 through 2020-04-14; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 405 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 85 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2017-11-08 through 2019-06-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 85 rows; 2018-03-22 through 2023-12-13; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 62 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 52 rows; 2018-09-21 through 2023-03-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 54 rows; 2019-01-03 through 2023-05-23; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 273 rows; 2018-10-04 through 2023-06-13; 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/beech-mountain-mine-4609546`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/beech-mountain-mine-4609546`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609546/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609546/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609546/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`