# Tamaqua Breaker

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3601770
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** Keystone Anthracite Company Incorporated
- **Controller:** Robert  Burns
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,231
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Robert  Burns (0099435) → Keystone Anthracite Company Incorporated (P23026) → Tamaqua Breaker (3601770)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **US Anthracite Corp → South Tamaqua Coal Pockets, Inc.:** 1978-09-01 through 2016-12-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601770; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert  Burns → Keystone Anthracite Company Incorporated:** 2016-12-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601770; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael R  Burns → Keystone Anthracite Company Incorporated:** 2016-12-16 through 2011-02-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601770; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 8
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 26 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 154 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 15 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 89 violation rows across the full record; 26 carry an S&S flag and $9,921 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 594 samples:** Occupational health samples 421 coal dust; 41 coal quartz; 132 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 21 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 521 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 14 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 6 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 8 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 107 inspection events and 3K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 13,182
- **Average employees:** 5
- **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 77.502 — 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 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 47.44 — Temporary, portable containers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.44
- **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
- **30 CFR 77.204 — Openings in surface installations; safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.204
- **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 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:** 26 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2013-01-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-05-01 through 2017-05-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 88 rows; 2001-02-28 through 2026-08-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 6 rows; 2001-08-29 through 2004-05-05; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 421 rows; 2000-01-27 through 2025-10-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 8 rows; 2002-09-16 through 2019-10-01; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 40 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1978-09-01 through 2016-12-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 107 rows; 2000-02-14 through 2026-08-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 209 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 52 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 132 rows; 2000-03-09 through 2025-10-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 41 rows; 2000-03-09 through 2025-10-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 89 rows; 2001-02-28 through 2026-08-14; 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/tamaqua-breaker-3601770`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/tamaqua-breaker-3601770`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3601770/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3601770/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3601770/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`