# Mt. Carmel Co-Gen Culm Handling Facility

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608128
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Northumberland, PA
- **Operator:** Mt Carmel Co-Gen, Inc.
- **Controller:** Kenneth M  Pollock
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,154
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Kenneth M  Pollock (C01323) → Mt Carmel Co-Gen, Inc. (0050669) → Mt. Carmel Co-Gen Culm Handling Facility (3608128)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Foster Wheeler Corp → Foster Wheeler Mt Carmel Inc:** 1989-11-01 through 2001-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608128; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **El Paso Energy Corp → Mt Carmel Co-Gen, Inc.:** 2002-01-01 through 2002-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608128; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth M  Pollock et al → Mt Carmel Co-Gen, Inc.:** 2002-11-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608128; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 8
- 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 12 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 198 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 40 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 202 violation rows across the full record; 76 carry an S&S flag and $38,193 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 452 samples:** Occupational health samples 296 coal dust; 26 coal quartz; 130 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 3K employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 37 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 8 contested-violation rows, 13 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 16 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 92 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 71.100 — Respirable dust standard.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-B/section-71.100
- **30 CFR 77.202 — Dust accumulations in surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.202
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **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 77.200 — Surface installations; general.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.200
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 12 rows; 2005-11-30 through 2019-01-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-04-02 through 2025-04-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 200 rows; 2000-03-30 through 2024-07-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 13 rows; 2000-08-21 through 2022-11-23; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 296 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2024-10-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 16 rows; 2004-03-08 through 2018-08-23; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 8 rows; 2008-04-29 through 2022-02-22; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 112 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 3 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1989-11-01 through 2002-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 92 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2026-08-21; 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:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 130 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2024-10-30; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 26 rows; 2001-06-21 through 2024-06-20; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 202 rows; 2000-03-30 through 2024-07-02; 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/mt-carmel-co-gen-culm-handling-facility-3608128`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mt-carmel-co-gen-culm-handling-facility-3608128`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608128/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608128/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608128/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`