# E O J Strip Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3607240
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** E O J Inc
- **Controller:** Elizabeth  Zaprazny
- **Public source rows linked:** 949
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Elizabeth  Zaprazny (0193580) → E O J Inc (P16662) → E O J Strip Mine (3607240)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Joseph W  Zaprazny → E O J Inc:** 1981-11-01 through 2025-03-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 3607240; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Elizabeth  Zaprazny → E O J Inc:** 2025-03-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3607240; 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 12 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 73 violation rows across the full record; 12 carry an S&S flag and $8,223 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 309 samples:** Occupational health samples 191 coal dust; 7 coal quartz; 111 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 2K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
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 — 2 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 — 12 since 2021:** Inspections 96 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 19,825 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 6,235
- **Average employees:** 3
- **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 71.500 — Sanitary toilet facilities at surface work sites; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.500
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 77.410 — 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 48.28 — Annual refresher training of miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.28
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **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:** 1 rows; 2005-10-07 through 2005-10-07; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1981-11-18 through 1981-11-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 71 rows; 2000-03-07 through 2025-10-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2004-12-14 through 2004-12-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 191 rows; 2000-03-14 through 2026-09-22; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2016-06-16 through 2016-06-16; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2004-07-07 through 2004-08-05; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 173 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 41 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 1981-11-01 through 1981-11-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 96 rows; 2000-03-02 through 2026-04-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 149 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 111 rows; 2000-03-14 through 2026-04-07; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 7 rows; 2017-12-13 through 2025-02-19; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 73 rows; 2000-03-07 through 2025-10-22; 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/e-o-j-strip-mine-3607240`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/e-o-j-strip-mine-3607240`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3607240/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3607240/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3607240/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`