# Bast Bank

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608507
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** Waste Management & Processors Inc
- **Controller:** John W  Rich Jr
- **Public source rows linked:** 225
- **Source coverage:** 10 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John W  Rich Jr (C12426) → Waste Management & Processors Inc (P17686) → Bast Bank (3608507)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **John W  Rich (Pa) → Gilberton Coal Company:** 1995-03-01 through 1997-03-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608507; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John W  Rich Jr et al → Waste Management & Processors Inc:** 1997-03-06 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608507; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- 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 — 8 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 13 violation rows across the full record; 1 carry an S&S flag and $1,307 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 87 samples:** Occupational health samples 56 coal dust; 31 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 3K employee hours and 5 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 — 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 — 15 since 2021:** Inspections 29 inspection events and 452 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 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 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 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **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 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 77.1110 — 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 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 71.600 — Drinking water; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-G/section-71.600
- **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 77.1707 — First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1707
- **30 CFR 71.500 — Sanitary toilet facilities at surface work sites; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.500

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2022-02-24 through 2022-02-24; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 12 rows; 2005-02-28 through 2025-04-09; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 56 rows; 2005-03-02 through 2026-09-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 1995-03-01 through 1997-03-06; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 29 rows; 2005-02-28 through 2026-09-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 74 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 31 rows; 2005-03-02 through 2026-09-10; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 13 rows; 2005-02-28 through 2026-08-31; 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/bast-bank-3608507`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bast-bank-3608507`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608507/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608507/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608507/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`