# Oaks Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608322
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Montgomery, PA
- **Operator:** Stoudt's Ferry Preparation Company Inc
- **Controller:** Michael  Scott
- **Public source rows linked:** 778
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Michael  Scott (0162441) → Stoudt's Ferry Preparation Company Inc (P08789) → Oaks Plant (3608322)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Steven D  Cotler Et Al → Stoudt's Ferry Preparation Company Inc:** 1992-03-01 through 2021-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608322; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Allan  Yudacufski Et Al → Stoudt's Ferry Preparation Company Inc:** 1992-03-01 through 2021-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608322; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael  Scott → Stoudt's Ferry Preparation Company Inc:** 2021-04-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608322; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 6
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 13 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 66 violation rows across the full record; 5 carry an S&S flag and $6,481 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 297 samples:** Occupational health samples 208 coal dust; 89 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 25 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 8 contested-violation rows, 8 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 9 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 — 14 since 2021:** Inspections 82 inspection events and 3K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 7,135
- **Average employees:** 4
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Northern
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 2

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **30 CFR 77.401 — Stationary grinding machines; protective devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.401
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **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
- **30 CFR 77.2102 — Written safety program.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-V/section-77.2102
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1102 — Warning signs; smoking and open flame.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1102
- **30 CFR 77.200 — Surface installations; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.200
- **30 CFR 77.504 — Electrical connections or splices; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.504

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1992-07-14 through 1992-07-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 66 rows; 2000-05-25 through 2026-05-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 8 rows; 2006-07-26 through 2023-03-08; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 208 rows; 2000-06-01 through 2026-09-21; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 9 rows; 2000-06-28 through 2007-01-22; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 8 rows; 2006-03-20 through 2022-08-15; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1992-03-01 through 1992-03-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 82 rows; 2000-05-24 through 2026-05-13; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 190 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 47 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 89 rows; 2000-06-01 through 2026-04-29; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 66 rows; 2000-05-25 through 2026-05-13; 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/oaks-plant-3608322`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/oaks-plant-3608322`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608322/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608322/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608322/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`