# SHM-45

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609646
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Fayette, WV
- **Operator:** Coal-Mac MET, LLC
- **Controller:** John Mitch Potter
- **Public source rows linked:** 78
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John Mitch Potter (0144441) → Coal-Mac MET, LLC (0203533) → SHM-45 (4609646)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **John T  Quintrell → Civil, LLC:** 2023-02-06 through 2026-03-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609646; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John Mitch Potter → Coal-Mac MET, LLC:** 2026-03-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609646; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 15 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 15 violation rows across the full record; 2 carry an S&S flag and $2,182 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 21 samples:** Occupational health samples 14 coal dust; 7 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 — 21K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 5K employee hours and 7 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 4 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 — 10 since 2021:** Inspections 10 inspection events and 146 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 54,751 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 20,936
- **Average employees:** 8
- **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.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 77.602 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-G/section-77.602
- **30 CFR 77.603 — Clamping of trailing cables to equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-G/section-77.603
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-08-26 through 2025-08-26; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 11 rows; 2023-10-03 through 2026-03-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2024-04-02 through 2024-04-02; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 14 rows; 2023-10-03 through 2026-09-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2023-10-03 through 2023-10-03; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2023-02-06 through 2026-03-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 10 rows; 2023-10-02 through 2026-09-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **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:** 7 rows; 2023-10-03 through 2026-03-18; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 15 rows; 2023-10-03 through 2026-09-16; 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/shm-45-4609646`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/shm-45-4609646`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609646/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609646/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609646/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`