# Beth #2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608376
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Indiana, PA
- **Operator:** Beth Mining Co.
- **Controller:** Stephen N  Peles
- **Public source rows linked:** 588
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Stephen N  Peles (C11804) → Beth Mining Co. (P16631) → Beth #2 (3608376)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Stephen N  Peles → Beth Mining Co.:** 1992-12-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608376; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 55 violation rows across the full record; 31 carry an S&S flag and $8,106 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 130 samples:** Occupational health samples 89 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 38 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 4 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 24 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 18 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 8 contested-violation rows, 8 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 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 — 6 since 2021:** Inspections 73 inspection events and 1K 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 50.30-1 — General instructions for completing MSHA Form 7000-2.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30-1
- **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 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 48.25 — Training of new miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.25
- **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 77.1104 — 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 77.1000 — 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 77.400 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2012-04-16 through 2012-04-16; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-07-28 through 2021-07-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 55 rows; 2000-04-11 through 2020-11-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 8 rows; 2004-10-07 through 2011-04-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 89 rows; 2000-04-12 through 2021-06-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2002-12-11 through 2004-01-22; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 8 rows; 2003-12-23 through 2009-04-07; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 121 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 1992-12-01 through 1992-12-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 73 rows; 2000-04-05 through 2026-09-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 84 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 22 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 38 rows; 2000-04-11 through 2020-11-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2002-04-17 through 2015-08-06; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 55 rows; 2000-04-11 through 2020-11-16; 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/beth-2-3608376`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/beth-2-3608376`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608376/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608376/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608376/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`