# West Spring Energy

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608489
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Northumberland, PA
- **Operator:** West Spring Energy, LLC
- **Controller:** Reading Anthracite Co; West Spring Slope Holdings LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 953
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Reading Anthracite Co; West Spring Slope Holdings LLC (0110067) → West Spring Energy, LLC (0119790) → West Spring Energy (3608489)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Michael R  Burns → Keystone Anthracite Company Inc:** 1994-11-01 through 2011-02-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608489; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert  Burns → Keystone Anthracite Company Inc:** 2011-03-01 through 2011-08-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608489; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John W  Rich et al → West Spring Energy, LLC:** 2011-08-19 through 2013-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608489; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **West Spring Slope Holdings LLC et al → West Spring Energy, LLC:** 2013-08-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608489; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Reading Anthracite Co et al → West Spring Energy, LLC:** 2013-08-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608489; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 11
- 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 — 3 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 373 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 25 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 70 violation rows across the full record; 17 carry an S&S flag and $8,637 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 550 samples:** Occupational health samples 404 coal dust; 29 coal quartz; 117 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 3K employee hours and 6 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 56 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 114,570 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 39,858
- **Average employees:** 21
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Northern
- **Union code:** United Mine Workers Of America
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 90.102 — Transfer; notice.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-90/subpart-B/section-90.102
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **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 77.1600 — 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 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
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2018-03-21 through 2025-06-17; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-09-01 through 2026-09-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 67 rows; 2011-09-21 through 2026-04-06; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 404 rows; 2012-02-08 through 2026-08-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 68 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 25 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1994-11-01 through 2011-08-19; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 56 rows; 2011-09-20 through 2026-09-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 90 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 117 rows; 2012-06-14 through 2026-04-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 29 rows; 2015-03-16 through 2026-04-07; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 70 rows; 2011-09-21 through 2026-09-01; 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/west-spring-energy-3608489`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/west-spring-energy-3608489`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608489/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608489/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608489/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`