# K K Strip

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3601877
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** K K Coal LLC
- **Controller:** Bernard J  Kuperavage Jr
- **Public source rows linked:** 755
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Bernard J  Kuperavage Jr (C04595) → K K Coal LLC (0102466) → K K Strip (3601877)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Bernard J  Kuperavage Jr et al → K & K Coal Company:** 1950-01-01 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601877; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bernard J  Kuperavage Jr et al → K K Coal LLC:** 2009-04-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601877; 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 — 14 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 48 violation rows across the full record; 3 carry an S&S flag and $5,193 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 296 samples:** Occupational health samples 211 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 83 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 3K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 1K employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 — 19 since 2021:** Inspections 98 inspection events and 3K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 4,336 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 4,174
- **Average employees:** 3
- **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 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403
- **30 CFR 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **30 CFR 77.1705 — First aid training program; retraining of supervisory employees; availability to all miners.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1705
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **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 77.404 — 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 77.502 — 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 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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-05-22 through 2018-05-22; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 48 rows; 2000-08-24 through 2026-08-06; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 211 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2026-09-04; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2000-09-14 through 2000-09-14; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2009-04-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 98 rows; 2000-03-08 through 2026-08-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 206 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 54 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 83 rows; 2000-03-13 through 2026-08-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2006-05-30 through 2023-05-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 48 rows; 2000-08-24 through 2026-08-06; 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/k-k-strip-3601877`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/k-k-strip-3601877`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3601877/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3601877/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3601877/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`