# Girard Breaker

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608581
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** Reading Anthracite Company
- **Controller:** Maria  Cantwell; Bonnie R Ryan; Brian R Rich
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,205
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Maria  Cantwell; Bonnie R Ryan; Brian R Rich (0174120) → Reading Anthracite Company (P01624) → Girard Breaker (3608581)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **City Trust Of Philadelphia → Girardville Coal Company:** 1996-08-01 through 2000-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608581; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sedgman USA LLC → Far East Processing Llc:** 2000-06-01 through 2000-10-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608581; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **City Trust Of Philadelphia → Girardville Coal Company:** 2000-10-02 through 2003-04-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608581; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John W  Rich et al → Reading Anthracite Company:** 2003-04-07 through 2023-01-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608581; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Brian R Rich et al → Reading Anthracite Company:** 2023-01-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608581; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Maria  Cantwell et al → Reading Anthracite Company:** 2023-01-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608581; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bonnie R Ryan et al → Reading Anthracite Company:** 2023-01-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608581; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 15
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 4 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 31 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 3,469 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 101 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 370 violation rows across the full record; 135 carry an S&S flag and $79,025 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 643 samples:** Occupational health samples 427 coal dust; 22 coal quartz; 194 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 31 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 2K employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 240 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 85 contested-violation rows, 110 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 45 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 — 24 since 2021:** Inspections 135 inspection events and 5K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 36,372
- **Average employees:** 15
- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.512 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.512
- **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 77.1102 — Warning signs; smoking and open flame.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1102

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 31 rows; 2002-04-08 through 2024-07-31; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2003-04-03 through 2003-04-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 367 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2026-07-15; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 110 rows; 2003-03-12 through 2026-04-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 427 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2026-09-22; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 45 rows; 2003-09-18 through 2026-04-08; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 85 rows; 2019-10-29 through 2025-11-03; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 280 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 72 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1996-08-01 through 2003-04-07; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 135 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2026-09-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 25 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 33 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 194 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2026-07-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 22 rows; 2000-06-28 through 2024-07-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 370 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2026-09-30; 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/girard-breaker-3608581`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/girard-breaker-3608581`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608581/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608581/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608581/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`