# Kassa Breaker

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3601708
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Luzerne, PA
- **Operator:** Silverbrook Anthracite Inc
- **Controller:** Vincent  Kassa
- **Public source rows linked:** 791
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Vincent  Kassa (C05085) → Silverbrook Anthracite Inc (P03021) → Kassa Breaker (3601708)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Vincent  Kassa → Silverbrook Anthracite Inc:** 1950-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601708; 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 415 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 18 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 105 violation rows across the full record; 36 carry an S&S flag and $120,883 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 253 samples:** Occupational health samples 150 coal dust; 6 coal quartz; 97 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 4 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 10 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 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 — 13 since 2021:** Inspections 82 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 14,769
- **Average employees:** 9
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Northern
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 2

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **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 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 77.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.904
- **30 CFR 77.402 — Hand-held power tools; safety devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.402
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.1706 — First aid training program; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1706
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2006-04-21 through 2012-04-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1980-12-01 through 1980-12-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 104 rows; 2001-11-19 through 2026-07-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2013-11-06 through 2013-11-06; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 150 rows; 2000-05-30 through 2026-07-22; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2011-11-25 through 2012-01-30; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1950-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 82 rows; 2000-05-22 through 2026-07-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 187 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 44 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 97 rows; 2000-05-30 through 2026-07-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 6 rows; 2016-11-07 through 2019-12-16; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 105 rows; 2001-11-19 through 2026-07-21; 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/kassa-breaker-3601708`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/kassa-breaker-3601708`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3601708/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3601708/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3601708/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`