# Michael Powellton  Deep Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609602
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Logan, WV
- **Operator:** Ramaco Resources, LLC
- **Controller:** Ramaco Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,459
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ramaco Resources Inc (0137341) → Ramaco Resources, LLC (0122932) → Michael Powellton  Deep Mine (4609602)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Michael D Bauersachs → Ramaco Resources, LLC:** 2021-04-12 through 2016-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609602; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ramaco Resources Inc → Ramaco Resources, LLC:** 2021-04-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609602; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 5
- 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 — 13 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 13 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,399 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 694 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 694 violation rows across the full record; 152 carry an S&S flag and $821,945 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,665 coal dust; 47 coal quartz; 55 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 — 101K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 33K employee hours and 48 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 171 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 81 contested-violation rows, 80 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 10 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 — 48 since 2021:** Inspections 48 inspection events and 3K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 176,750 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 117,531
- **Average employees:** 43
- **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 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **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 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **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 75.202 — 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 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 75.1714-7 — Multi-gas detectors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-7
- **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 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 13 rows; 2024-01-03 through 2026-08-19; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-12-02 through 2024-12-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 668 rows; 2022-03-23 through 2026-09-03; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 80 rows; 2023-04-04 through 2026-08-11; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,665 rows; 2022-03-23 through 2026-10-05; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 10 rows; 2023-03-27 through 2025-07-31; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 81 rows; 2022-08-01 through 2026-04-21; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 36 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2021-04-12 through 2021-04-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 48 rows; 2021-06-24 through 2026-10-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 38 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 55 rows; 2022-03-28 through 2026-02-19; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 47 rows; 2022-03-23 through 2026-08-20; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 694 rows; 2022-03-23 through 2026-09-28; 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/michael-powellton-deep-mine-4609602`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/michael-powellton-deep-mine-4609602`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609602/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609602/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609602/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`