# #1 Slope

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608637
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Northumberland, PA
- **Operator:** F K Z Coal Inc
- **Controller:** Thomas  Klinger; Don  Zeigler
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,177
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Thomas  Klinger; Don  Zeigler (C15572) → F K Z Coal Inc (P23709) → #1 Slope (3608637)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Thomas  Klinger et al → F K Z Coal Inc:** 1997-04-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608637; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Don  Zeigler et al → F K Z Coal Inc:** 1997-04-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608637; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 4
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 127 violation rows across the full record; 50 carry an S&S flag and $56,644 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 475 samples:** Occupational health samples 404 coal dust; 7 coal quartz; 64 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 — 972 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 3K employee hours and 7 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 190 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 77 contested-violation rows, 85 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 28 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 156 inspection events and 3K 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 77.1102 — 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
- **30 CFR 75.1714-2 — Self-rescue devices; use and location requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-2
- **30 CFR 75.381 — Escapeways; anthracite mines.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.381
- **30 CFR 75.1400 — Hoisting equipment; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1400
- **30 CFR 75.1600-2 — Communication facilities; working sections; installation and maintenance requirements; audible or visual alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-Q/section-75.1600-2
- **30 CFR 75.1505 — Escapeway maps.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1505
- **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 75.1702-1 — Smoking programs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1702-1
- **30 CFR 75.1311 — Transporting explosives and detonators.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-N/section-75.1311

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2012-04-09 through 2012-04-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 123 rows; 2000-04-03 through 2011-04-25; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 85 rows; 2000-07-10 through 2011-07-27; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 404 rows; 2000-03-09 through 2011-04-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 28 rows; 2006-06-26 through 2008-01-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 77 rows; 2005-04-18 through 2009-07-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 1997-04-01 through 1997-04-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 156 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2011-04-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 80 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 22 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 64 rows; 2000-02-24 through 2011-03-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 7 rows; 2000-06-12 through 2011-01-19; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 127 rows; 2000-04-03 through 2011-04-25; 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/1-slope-3608637`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1-slope-3608637`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608637/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608637/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608637/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`