# Triple K #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3607962
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Armstrong, PA
- **Operator:** AMFIRE Mining Company LLC
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,230
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (0041211) → AMFIRE Mining Company LLC (0051231) → Triple K #1 (3607962)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Donald  Kaskan et al → Dlr Mining Inc:** 1987-12-01 through 2003-11-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 3607962; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Raymond  Kaplon et al → Dlr Mining Inc:** 1987-12-01 through 2003-11-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 3607962; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → AMFIRE Mining Company LLC:** 2003-11-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3607962; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 14 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 455 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 200 violation rows across the full record; 66 carry an S&S flag and $20,198 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 591 samples:** Occupational health samples 497 coal dust; 47 coal quartz; 47 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 — 91K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 13K employee hours and 20 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 49 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 15 contested-violation rows, 17 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 17 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 135 inspection events and 4K 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 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 70.101 — [Reserved]** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-B/section-70.101
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.312 — Main mine fan examinations and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.312
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **30 CFR 75.1502 — Mine emergency evacuation and firefighting program of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1502
- **30 CFR 75.208 — Warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.208
- **30 CFR 75.520 — Electric equipment; switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.520
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 14 rows; 2000-03-27 through 2005-08-22; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-06-07 through 2007-06-07; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 198 rows; 2000-01-28 through 2006-04-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 17 rows; 2004-10-06 through 2006-10-25; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 497 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2006-04-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 17 rows; 2000-03-06 through 2004-02-10; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 15 rows; 2004-08-06 through 2006-03-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1987-12-01 through 2003-11-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 135 rows; 2000-01-27 through 2007-06-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 47 rows; 2000-02-01 through 2005-12-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 47 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2005-10-03; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 200 rows; 2000-01-28 through 2006-04-19; 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/triple-k-1-3607962`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/triple-k-1-3607962`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3607962/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3607962/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3607962/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`