# Reliance Bank

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608533
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Northumberland, PA
- **Operator:** Waste Management & Processors Inc
- **Controller:** John W  Rich Jr
- **Public source rows linked:** 301
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John W  Rich Jr (C12426) → Waste Management & Processors Inc (P17686) → Reliance Bank (3608533)**

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:** 1995-11-01 through 1997-03-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608533; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John W  Rich Jr et al → Waste Management & Processors Inc:** 1997-03-27 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608533; 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 55 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 4 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 14 violation rows across the full record; 4 carry an S&S flag and $1,377 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 95 samples:** Occupational health samples 66 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 27 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 0 employee hours and 0 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 — 9 since 2021:** Inspections 46 inspection events and 649 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 77.200 — 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 77.1710 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1710
- **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 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.100 — Certified person.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-B/section-77.100
- **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 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **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 77.400 — 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
- **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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2002-08-15 through 2002-08-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-09-04 through 2024-09-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 14 rows; 2000-04-03 through 2023-05-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 66 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2023-11-09; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 1995-11-01 through 1997-03-27; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 46 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2026-09-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 116 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 27 rows; 2000-02-09 through 2023-11-02; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2023-05-08 through 2023-11-02; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 14 rows; 2000-04-03 through 2023-05-22; 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/reliance-bank-3608533`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/reliance-bank-3608533`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608533/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608533/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608533/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`