# ADC, Inc Pit 008

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608517
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Westmoreland, PA
- **Operator:** Gary Gioia Coal Co.
- **Controller:** Gary  Gioia
- **Public source rows linked:** 806
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Gary  Gioia (C15286) → Gary Gioia Coal Co. (P23219) → ADC, Inc Pit 008 (3608517)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Gary  Gioia → Gary Gioia Coal Co.:** 1995-07-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608517; 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 3 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 23 violation rows across the full record; 6 carry an S&S flag and $2,376 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 329 samples:** Occupational health samples 219 coal dust; 6 coal quartz; 104 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 — 2K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 583 employee hours and 1 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 — 1 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 — 12 since 2021:** Inspections 87 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 5,010 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 3,106
- **Average employees:** 2
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Northern
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **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 77.1713 — 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 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 77.1109 — 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 77.1103 — 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
- **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 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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1996-03-12 through 1996-03-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 23 rows; 2002-01-24 through 2025-11-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 219 rows; 2000-01-07 through 2026-05-04; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 135 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 1995-07-01 through 1995-07-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 87 rows; 2000-04-26 through 2026-04-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 144 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:** 104 rows; 2000-04-26 through 2026-06-02; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 6 rows; 2001-01-16 through 2011-10-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 23 rows; 2002-01-24 through 2025-11-04; 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/adc-inc-pit-008-3608517`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/adc-inc-pit-008-3608517`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608517/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608517/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608517/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`