# ADMIRAL PRODUCTION PLANT

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3605023
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Northumberland, PA
- **Operator:** Admiral Carbon, LLC
- **Controller:** Michael  Rich; John J Rich; Brian R Rich
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,343
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Michael  Rich; John J Rich; Brian R Rich (0175763) → Admiral Carbon, LLC (0188034) → ADMIRAL PRODUCTION PLANT (3605023)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Edward  Helfrich et al → Mallard Contracting Company Inc:** 1971-08-01 through 2023-04-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 3605023; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Brian R Rich et al → Admiral Carbon, LLC:** 2023-04-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3605023; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John J Rich et al → Admiral Carbon, LLC:** 2023-04-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3605023; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael  Rich et al → Admiral Carbon, LLC:** 2023-04-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3605023; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 8
- 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 — 3 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 29 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 944 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 24 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 148 violation rows across the full record; 33 carry an S&S flag and $17,549 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 597 samples:** Occupational health samples 392 coal dust; 10 coal quartz; 195 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 24 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 7K employee hours and 14 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 21 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 4 contested-violation rows, 4 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 13 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 — 21 since 2021:** Inspections 131 inspection events and 4K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 29,757
- **Average employees:** 15
- **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 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 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **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 47.41 — Requirement for container labels.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.41
- **30 CFR 77.1102 — Warning signs; smoking and open flame.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1102
- **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 62.120 — Action level.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.120
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 29 rows; 2011-08-05 through 2024-07-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1987-08-24 through 1987-08-24; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 146 rows; 2001-05-22 through 2026-04-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 4 rows; 2009-07-31 through 2025-04-02; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 392 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2026-09-01; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 13 rows; 2001-06-11 through 2021-05-05; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 4 rows; 2007-11-27 through 2024-09-05; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1971-08-01 through 2023-04-19; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 131 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2026-09-09; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 201 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 46 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 195 rows; 2001-05-29 through 2026-02-02; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 10 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2014-09-04; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 148 rows; 2001-05-22 through 2026-04-22; 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/admiral-production-plant-3605023`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/admiral-production-plant-3605023`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3605023/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3605023/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3605023/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`