# Sherman Mountain Coal Strip

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608034
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** Sherman Mountain Coal Company Inc.
- **Controller:** Ricky K Bender; Rick E Bender
- **Public source rows linked:** 553
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ricky K Bender; Rick E Bender (0160021) → Sherman Mountain Coal Company Inc. (P22844) → Sherman Mountain Coal Strip (3608034)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Albert N  Shadle et al → J & A Coal Company:** 1988-08-01 through 2001-04-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608034; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffrey  Harmon et al → J & A Coal Company:** 1988-08-01 through 2001-04-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608034; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William C  Vought → Mountaintop Coal Mining Inc:** 2001-04-19 through 2020-09-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608034; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ricky K Bender et al → Sherman Mountain Coal Company Inc.:** 2020-09-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608034; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rick E Bender et al → Sherman Mountain Coal Company Inc.:** 2020-09-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608034; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William C  Vought → Sherman Mountain Coal Company Inc.:** 2020-09-02 through 2020-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608034; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 13
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 365 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 15 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 58 violation rows across the full record; 11 carry an S&S flag and $6,901 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 263 samples:** Occupational health samples 158 coal dust; 8 coal quartz; 97 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 — 5K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 26 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 4 contested-violation rows, 7 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 15 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 — 16 since 2021:** Inspections 101 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 26,868 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 14,936
- **Average employees:** 9
- **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 47.41 — Requirement for container labels.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.41
- **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 77.410 — 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 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 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **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 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2004-01-06 through 2005-01-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-05-29 through 2026-05-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 57 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2026-08-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2000-08-15 through 2010-12-17; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 158 rows; 2000-03-02 through 2026-09-25; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 15 rows; 2000-03-27 through 2006-07-03; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 4 rows; 2002-10-25 through 2009-04-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1988-08-01 through 2020-09-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 101 rows; 2000-02-25 through 2026-08-24; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 97 rows; 2000-03-02 through 2026-08-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 8 rows; 2001-06-25 through 2026-08-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 58 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2026-08-11; 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/sherman-mountain-coal-strip-3608034`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sherman-mountain-coal-strip-3608034`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608034/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608034/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608034/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`