# New St. Nicholas Breaker

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3601966
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** Reading Anthracite Company
- **Controller:** Maria  Cantwell; Bonnie R Ryan; Brian R Rich
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,978
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Maria  Cantwell; Bonnie R Ryan; Brian R Rich (0174120) → Reading Anthracite Company (P01624) → New St. Nicholas Breaker (3601966)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **John W  Rich et al → Reading Anthracite Company:** 1950-01-01 through 2023-01-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601966; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Maria  Cantwell et al → Reading Anthracite Company:** 2023-01-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601966; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Brian R Rich et al → Reading Anthracite Company:** 2023-01-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601966; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bonnie R Ryan et al → Reading Anthracite Company:** 2023-01-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3601966; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 7
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 12 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 87 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 4,622 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 72 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 653 violation rows across the full record; 269 carry an S&S flag and $172,053 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 688 samples:** Occupational health samples 458 coal dust; 13 coal quartz; 217 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 32 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 32K employee hours and 59 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 661 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 26 contested-violation rows, 323 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 312 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 — 42 since 2021:** Inspections 246 inspection events and 8K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 63,873
- **Average employees:** 28
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Northern
- **Union code:** United Mine Workers Of America
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.207 — Illumination.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207
- **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 77.502 — 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 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.513 — Insulating mats at power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.513
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 71.209 — Status change reports.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.209

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 87 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2026-07-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-04-14 through 2010-04-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 626 rows; 2000-02-04 through 2026-09-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 323 rows; 2001-06-21 through 2025-03-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 458 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2026-09-22; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 312 rows; 2000-03-13 through 2026-07-16; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 26 rows; 2004-02-18 through 2026-03-05; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 776 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 193 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1950-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 246 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2026-09-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 29 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 217 rows; 2000-02-09 through 2026-03-25; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 13 rows; 2000-02-09 through 2026-02-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 653 rows; 2000-02-04 through 2026-09-08; 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/new-st-nicholas-breaker-3601966`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/new-st-nicholas-breaker-3601966`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3601966/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3601966/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3601966/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`