# Coal Loaders, Inc.

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3606753
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Westmoreland, PA
- **Operator:** Coal Loaders Incorporated
- **Controller:** Edward J  Ratay Jr
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,251
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Edward J  Ratay Jr (0198021) → Coal Loaders Incorporated (P08858) → Coal Loaders, Inc. (3606753)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James W  Cooper → Coal Loaders Incorporated:** 1978-10-01 through 2025-12-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 3606753; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Edward J  Ratay Jr → Coal Loaders Incorporated:** 2025-12-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3606753; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 5
- 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 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 303 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 74 violation rows across the full record; 24 carry an S&S flag and $9,615 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 481 samples:** Occupational health samples 324 coal dust; 13 coal quartz; 144 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 9 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 839 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 26 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 9 contested-violation rows, 9 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 8 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 75 inspection events and 2K 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 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 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
- **30 CFR 77.1712 — Reopening mines; notification; inspection prior to mining.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1712
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **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 77.404 — 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 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **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 77.1110 — 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 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2011-12-22 through 2016-03-22; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2019-09-03 through 2019-09-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 74 rows; 2001-01-09 through 2017-10-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 9 rows; 2010-12-17 through 2016-03-31; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 324 rows; 2000-09-21 through 2019-06-05; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 8 rows; 2001-08-07 through 2015-08-13; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 9 rows; 2008-05-07 through 2015-02-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 311 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 76 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 1978-10-01 through 1978-10-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 75 rows; 2000-09-21 through 2019-09-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 108 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 144 rows; 2001-01-10 through 2017-11-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 13 rows; 2001-05-31 through 2017-06-06; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 74 rows; 2001-01-09 through 2017-10-23; 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/coal-loaders-inc-3606753`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/coal-loaders-inc-3606753`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3606753/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3606753/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3606753/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`