# Armstrong Co Strips

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3606905
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Butler, PA
- **Operator:** Amerikohl Mining Inc
- **Controller:** John M  Stilley
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,533
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John M  Stilley (C07677) → Amerikohl Mining Inc (P17226) → Armstrong Co Strips (3606905)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **John M  Stilley → Amerikohl Mining Inc:** 1979-11-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3606905; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 304 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 100 violation rows across the full record; 33 carry an S&S flag and $20,489 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 393 samples:** Occupational health samples 272 coal dust; 7 coal quartz; 114 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 11 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 225 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 30 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 12 contested-violation rows, 17 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 83 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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 77.1001 — Stripping; loose material.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1001
- **30 CFR 77.1006 — Highwalls; men working.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1006
- **30 CFR 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 77.1600 — Loading and haulage; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1600
- **30 CFR 71.404 — Application for waiver of surface facilities requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.404
- **30 CFR 77.1005 — Scaling highwalls; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1005

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2001-01-02 through 2012-06-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-10-14 through 2015-10-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 100 rows; 2000-05-17 through 2012-12-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 17 rows; 2003-03-26 through 2014-03-26; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 272 rows; 2000-05-16 through 2012-12-04; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2008-09-08 through 2008-09-08; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 12 rows; 2008-03-19 through 2012-12-04; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 525 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 115 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 1979-11-01 through 1979-11-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 83 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2013-05-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 151 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 30 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 114 rows; 2000-05-16 through 2012-12-10; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 7 rows; 2000-05-17 through 2004-03-04; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 100 rows; 2000-05-17 through 2012-12-04; 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/armstrong-co-strips-3606905`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/armstrong-co-strips-3606905`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3606905/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3606905/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3606905/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`