# Bells Landing Tipple

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608609
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Clearfield, PA
- **Operator:** Hepburnia Coal Company Inc
- **Controller:** Darrell G  Spencer
- **Public source rows linked:** 292
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Darrell G  Spencer (C00718) → Hepburnia Coal Company Inc (P00841) → Bells Landing Tipple (3608609)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Darrell G  Spencer et al → Hepburnia Coal Company Inc:** 1997-02-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608609; 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+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 — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 39 violation rows across the full record; 25 carry an S&S flag and $3,986 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 47 samples:** Occupational health samples 30 coal dust; 17 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 3K employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 20 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 6 contested-violation rows, 6 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 8 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 53 inspection events and 610 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 77.410 — 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 77.1710 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1710
- **30 CFR 48.31 — Hazard training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.401 — Stationary grinding machines; protective devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.401
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 77.1607 — 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 77.205 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2012-11-08 through 2012-11-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 39 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2012-05-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 6 rows; 2009-09-22 through 2012-12-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 30 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2012-05-22; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 8 rows; 2000-07-13 through 2012-02-21; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 6 rows; 2006-11-14 through 2012-05-22; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 41 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 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:** 53 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2012-05-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 23 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 17 rows; 2001-04-10 through 2012-05-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 39 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2012-05-22; 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/bells-landing-tipple-3608609`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bells-landing-tipple-3608609`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608609/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608609/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608609/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`