# King #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3607670
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Clearfield, PA
- **Operator:** King Coal Sales Inc
- **Controller:** John A  Decker; Tim  Decker
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,162
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John A  Decker; Tim  Decker (C11729) → King Coal Sales Inc (P16495) → King #1 (3607670)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Tim  Decker et al → King Coal Sales Inc:** 1985-03-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3607670; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John A  Decker et al → King Coal Sales Inc:** 1985-03-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3607670; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 4
- 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 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 545 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 3 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 105 violation rows across the full record; 44 carry an S&S flag and $13,675 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 504 samples:** Occupational health samples 366 coal dust; 29 coal quartz; 109 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 10 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 2K employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 17 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 6 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 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 — 11 since 2021:** Inspections 95 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 81 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 5,385
- **Average employees:** 4
- **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 71.206 — 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 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 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2004-03-05 through 2018-12-17; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-04-02 through 2026-04-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 102 rows; 2000-07-26 through 2024-04-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 6 rows; 2003-05-30 through 2011-04-19; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 366 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2024-02-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2002-05-02 through 2008-03-21; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2007-04-18 through 2008-10-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 864 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 202 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 1985-03-01 through 1985-03-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 95 rows; 2000-01-27 through 2026-04-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 210 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 54 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 109 rows; 2000-07-26 through 2024-02-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 29 rows; 2000-12-13 through 2019-06-12; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 105 rows; 2000-07-26 through 2024-04-18; 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/king-1-3607670`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/king-1-3607670`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3607670/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3607670/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3607670/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`