# Orange Strip

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3301925
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Noble, OH
- **Operator:** B & N Coal Inc
- **Controller:** Carl L  Baker Jr
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,950
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Carl L  Baker Jr (C01595) → B & N Coal Inc (P01896) → Orange Strip (3301925)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Carl L  Baker Jr → B & N Coal Inc:** 1950-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3301925; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 11 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 407 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 31 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 144 violation rows across the full record; 19 carry an S&S flag and $17,994 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,317 coal dust; 108 coal quartz; 507 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 50 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 — 89K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 27K employee hours and 41 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 17 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 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 — 16 since 2021:** Inspections 107 inspection events and 7K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 365,626 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 111,726
- **Average employees:** 43
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Northern
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **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 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 11 rows; 2000-11-15 through 2022-09-23; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1980-12-01 through 1980-12-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 141 rows; 2000-04-18 through 2026-08-31; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2011-12-14 through 2024-02-27; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,317 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2026-09-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 7 rows; 2008-09-05 through 2025-08-11; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2011-01-13 through 2023-05-17; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 385 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 77 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1950-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 107 rows; 2000-03-15 through 2026-08-31; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 106 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 507 rows; 2000-04-10 through 2026-03-25; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 108 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2026-09-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 144 rows; 2000-04-18 through 2026-09-09; 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/orange-strip-3301925`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/orange-strip-3301925`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3301925/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3301925/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3301925/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`