# Waroquier Tipple

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608608
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Clearfield, PA
- **Operator:** Waroquier Coal Company
- **Controller:** Joseph L  Waroquier
- **Public source rows linked:** 690
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Joseph L  Waroquier (C04321) → Waroquier Coal Company (P05230) → Waroquier Tipple (3608608)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Joseph L  Waroquier  et al → Waroquier Coal Company:** 1997-02-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608608; 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 40 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 101 violation rows across the full record; 59 carry an S&S flag and $16,386 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 171 samples:** Occupational health samples 139 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 30 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 20 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 17 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 7 contested-violation rows, 7 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 70 inspection events and 1K 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 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **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 48.28 — Annual refresher training of miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.28
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 72.100 — Periodic examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-B/section-72.100
- **30 CFR 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516
- **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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **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 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2011-01-03 through 2011-01-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-07-16 through 2020-07-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 100 rows; 2000-04-27 through 2019-03-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2010-01-08 through 2011-05-10; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 139 rows; 2000-04-27 through 2018-03-31; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2008-07-17 through 2016-10-18; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 7 rows; 2008-04-08 through 2009-08-04; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 97 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 1997-02-01 through 1997-02-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 70 rows; 2000-04-17 through 2019-12-18; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 83 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 30 rows; 2002-08-12 through 2016-02-25; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2003-01-14 through 2003-02-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 101 rows; 2000-04-27 through 2019-03-21; 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/waroquier-tipple-3608608`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/waroquier-tipple-3608608`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608608/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608608/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608608/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`