# #3 Slope Buck Mtn

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608568
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** Little Buck Coal Company
- **Controller:** Ronald  Bender; Kris  Bender
- **Public source rows linked:** 119
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ronald  Bender; Kris  Bender (0131081) → Little Buck Coal Company (P15251) → #3 Slope Buck Mtn (3608568)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Edmund C  Neidlinger et al → Little Buck Coal Company:** 1996-06-01 through 2017-01-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608568; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronald  Bender et al → Little Buck Coal Company:** 1996-06-01 through 2017-01-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608568; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kris  Bender et al → Little Buck Coal Company:** 2017-01-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608568; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronald  Bender et al → Little Buck Coal Company:** 2017-01-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608568; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 7
- 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 64 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 11 violation rows across the full record; 4 carry an S&S flag and $4,710 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 32 samples:** Occupational health samples 29 coal dust; 3 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 14 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 6 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 8 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 28 inspection events and 460 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.381 — Escapeways; anthracite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.381
- **30 CFR 75.335 — Seal strengths, design applications, and installation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.335
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2001-05-08 through 2001-05-08; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2002-11-29 through 2002-11-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 7 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2002-04-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 6 rows; 2000-08-15 through 2003-04-29; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 29 rows; 2000-02-21 through 2001-08-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 8 rows; 2000-03-15 through 2002-11-01; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1996-06-01 through 1996-06-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 28 rows; 2000-01-31 through 2002-10-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 3 rows; 2000-03-23 through 2001-07-31; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 11 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2002-04-02; 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/3-slope-buck-mtn-3608568`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3-slope-buck-mtn-3608568`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608568/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608568/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608568/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`