# R S & W Drift

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3601818
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** R S & W Coal Co Inc
- **Controller:** John Robert Rothermel
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,918
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John Robert Rothermel (0178562) → R S & W Coal Co Inc (P16329) → R S & W Drift (3601818)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Richard  Zimmerman et al → Coxe Coal Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1980-05-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601818; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Terry  Swartzlander et al → Coxe Coal Company:** 1980-05-02 through 1984-11-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601818; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randy C  Rothermel et al → R S & W Coal Co Inc:** 1984-11-08 through 2015-01-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601818; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John  Rothermel et al → R S & W Coal Co Inc:** 2015-01-16 through 2021-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601818; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Frank  Krammes et al → R S & W Coal Co Inc:** 2015-01-16 through 2021-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601818; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John R  Rothermel et al → R S & W Coal Co Inc:** 2021-02-01 through 2023-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601818; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Travis  Rothermel et al → R S & W Coal Co Inc:** 2021-02-01 through 2023-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601818; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John Robert Rothermel → R S & W Coal Co Inc:** 2023-07-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601818; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 17
- 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 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 598 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 39 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 196 violation rows across the full record; 35 carry an S&S flag and $20,178 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,632 coal dust; 12 coal quartz; 123 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 — 6K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 4K employee hours and 8 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 122 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 48 contested-violation rows, 51 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 23 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 — 53 since 2021:** Inspections 335 inspection events and 9K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 32,588 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 17,160
- **Average employees:** 10
- **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 75.381 — Escapeways; anthracite mines.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.381
- **30 CFR 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **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 77.1104 — 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 77.404 — 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 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 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2001-05-07 through 2023-09-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-12-02 through 2013-12-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 187 rows; 2000-08-08 through 2026-07-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 51 rows; 2002-09-05 through 2012-02-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,632 rows; 2000-02-14 through 2026-09-26; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 23 rows; 2002-04-02 through 2006-11-21; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 48 rows; 2002-11-04 through 2011-07-08; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1984-11-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 335 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2026-10-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 235 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 62 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 123 rows; 2000-02-16 through 2026-05-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 12 rows; 2002-05-29 through 2025-07-21; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 196 rows; 2000-08-08 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/r-s-w-drift-3601818`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/r-s-w-drift-3601818`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3601818/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3601818/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3601818/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`