# Sugar Run Surface Mine No. 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609641
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wyoming, WV
- **Operator:** Wyoming Eagle, LLC.
- **Controller:** James O Bunn II
- **Public source rows linked:** 620
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James O Bunn II (0168200) → Wyoming Eagle, LLC. (0170554) → Sugar Run Surface Mine No. 1 (4609641)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James O Bunn Sr. → Wyoming Eagle, LLC.:** 2022-12-15 through 2022-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609641; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James O Bunn II → Wyoming Eagle, LLC.:** 2022-12-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609641; 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+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 — 31 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 31 violation rows across the full record; 6 carry an S&S flag and $10,660 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 70 samples:** Occupational health samples 50 coal dust; 6 coal quartz; 14 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 — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 — 18 since 2021:** Inspections 18 inspection events and 454 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 93,919 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 53,975
- **Average employees:** 20
- **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 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1102 — Warning signs; smoking and open flame.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1102
- **30 CFR 71.209 — Status change reports.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.209
- **30 CFR 71.600 — Drinking water; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-G/section-71.600
- **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.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 72.620 — Drill dust control at surface mines and surface areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.620
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2024-02-09 through 2024-02-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-10-24 through 2025-10-24; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 28 rows; 2023-05-04 through 2026-04-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 50 rows; 2023-08-30 through 2026-08-26; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 382 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 82 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2022-12-15 through 2022-12-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 18 rows; 2023-02-09 through 2026-04-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 14 rows; 2024-03-14 through 2026-03-18; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 6 rows; 2024-03-14 through 2024-12-04; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 31 rows; 2023-05-04 through 2026-04-29; 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/sugar-run-surface-mine-no-1-4609641`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sugar-run-surface-mine-no-1-4609641`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609641/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609641/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609641/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`