# Blaschak Breaker

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3602073
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** Blaschak Anthracite Corporation
- **Controller:** Blaschak Holding Corp
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,423
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Blaschak Holding Corp (C09456) → Blaschak Anthracite Corporation (P21041) → Blaschak Breaker (3602073)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Razzis Edward → Blaschak Coal Company Inc:** 1950-01-01 through 1976-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 3602073; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James  Ambrose → Blaschak Coal Company Inc:** 1976-11-09 through 1993-02-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 3602073; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blaschak Holding Corp → Blaschak Anthracite Corporation:** 1993-02-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3602073; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 — 7 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 93 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,552 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 41 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 290 violation rows across the full record; 94 carry an S&S flag and $31,753 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 916 samples:** Occupational health samples 532 coal dust; 51 coal quartz; 333 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 121 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 22K employee hours and 65 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 34 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 15 contested-violation rows, 15 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 — 22 since 2021:** Inspections 163 inspection events and 6K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 136,459
- **Average employees:** 66
- **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 77.404 — 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 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.** (1 retained recent row) — 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 77.215 — Refuse piles; construction requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.215
- **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 77.400 — 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
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.401 — Stationary grinding machines; protective devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.401
- **30 CFR 62.130 — Permissible exposure level.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.130

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 93 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2024-04-30; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1971-10-30 through 1971-10-30; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 288 rows; 2000-06-20 through 2026-08-31; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 15 rows; 2006-02-09 through 2018-11-06; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 532 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2026-09-09; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2007-11-15 through 2018-05-24; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 15 rows; 2005-08-06 through 2017-11-15; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 292 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 73 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1993-02-09; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 163 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2026-08-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 215 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:** 333 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2026-02-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 51 rows; 2000-11-21 through 2026-09-01; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 290 rows; 2000-06-20 through 2026-09-01; 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/blaschak-breaker-3602073`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/blaschak-breaker-3602073`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3602073/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3602073/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3602073/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`