# Winchester 2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609615
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Kanawha, WV
- **Operator:** Panther Creek Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,561
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sev.en Global Investments a.s. (0158381) → Panther Creek Mining LLC (0141673) → Winchester 2 (4609615)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Panther Creek Mining LLC:** 2022-02-01 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609615; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Panther Creek Mining LLC:** 2022-02-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609615; 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 — 7 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 7 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 4 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 199 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 199 violation rows across the full record; 33 carry an S&S flag and $64,786 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,957 coal dust; 91 coal quartz; 59 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 8 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 — 76K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 33K employee hours and 56 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 93 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 39 contested-violation rows, 39 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 15 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 — 29 since 2021:** Inspections 29 inspection events and 4K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 240,317 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 113,534
- **Average employees:** 48
- **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 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **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 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731
- **30 CFR 75.159 — Records of certified and qualified persons.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-B/section-75.159

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 7 rows; 2022-03-14 through 2025-04-16; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-11-05 through 2024-11-05; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 188 rows; 2023-02-27 through 2026-07-28; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 39 rows; 2026-03-04 through 2026-06-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,957 rows; 2022-06-01 through 2026-10-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 15 rows; 2023-11-30 through 2026-04-02; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 39 rows; 2025-08-18 through 2026-02-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 731 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 158 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2022-02-01 through 2022-02-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 29 rows; 2022-03-29 through 2026-10-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 36 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 59 rows; 2022-09-22 through 2026-04-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 91 rows; 2023-08-09 through 2026-08-27; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 199 rows; 2023-02-27 through 2026-10-06; 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/winchester-2-4609615`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/winchester-2-4609615`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609615/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609615/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609615/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`