# McClure #9 Operation

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3604969
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Luzerne, PA
- **Operator:** Pioneer Equipment Rentals, Inc.
- **Controller:** Kim  Popple
- **Public source rows linked:** 149
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Kim  Popple (0147881) → Pioneer Equipment Rentals, Inc. (0163714) → McClure #9 Operation (3604969)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Nowakowski Joseph L → Joseph L Nowakowski:** 1974-01-01 through 2004-02-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 3604969; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Betty  Domiano et al → Mc Clure Enterprises Inc:** 2004-03-01 through 2009-03-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 3604969; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David R  Domiano et al → Mc Clure Enterprises Inc:** 2004-03-01 through 2009-03-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 3604969; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David  Popple et al → Popple Const. Inc.:** 2009-03-18 through 2019-04-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 3604969; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mark  Popple et al → Popple Const. Inc.:** 2009-03-18 through 2019-04-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 3604969; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kim  Popple → Pioneer Equipment Rentals, Inc.:** 2019-04-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3604969; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 14
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 13 violation rows across the full record; 2 carry an S&S flag and $4,200 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 60 samples:** Occupational health samples 34 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 24 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 5 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 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 — 5 since 2021:** Inspections 36 inspection events and 558 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 48.28 — Annual refresher training of miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.28
- **30 CFR 71.404 — Application for waiver of surface facilities requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.404
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 77.1707 — First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1707
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **30 CFR 50.10 — Immediate notification.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-B/section-50.10
- **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 77.1605 — 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 77.1710 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1710

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2017-07-07 through 2017-07-07; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-04-28 through 2026-04-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 13 rows; 2004-09-15 through 2019-02-06; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2018-02-20 through 2018-04-04; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 34 rows; 2004-03-15 through 2023-12-19; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2017-08-23 through 2017-08-23; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2017-07-27 through 2017-08-02; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1974-01-01 through 2019-04-19; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 36 rows; 2004-03-10 through 2024-03-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 24 rows; 2004-03-17 through 2023-09-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2021-12-14 through 2022-08-22; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 13 rows; 2004-09-15 through 2019-02-06; 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/mcclure-9-operation-3604969`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mcclure-9-operation-3604969`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3604969/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3604969/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3604969/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`