# Bullskin Tipple

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608647
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Fayette, PA
- **Operator:** Bullskin Tipple Company
- **Controller:** Theodore  Yowonske; Michaelangelo P  Ripepi
- **Public source rows linked:** 234
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Theodore  Yowonske; Michaelangelo P  Ripepi (C15640) → Bullskin Tipple Company (P24424) → Bullskin Tipple (3608647)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ripepi Michaelangelo & Elton Coal Company → Bullskin Tipple Company:** 1997-06-01 through 1999-12-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608647; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Theodore  Yowonske et al → Bullskin Tipple Company:** 1999-12-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608647; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michaelangelo P  Ripepi et al → Bullskin Tipple Company:** 1999-12-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608647; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 15 violation rows across the full record; 4 carry an S&S flag and $3,464 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 91 samples:** Occupational health samples 56 coal dust; 35 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 496 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 56 inspection events and 685 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 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 47.41 — Requirement for container labels.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.41
- **30 CFR 77.1710 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1710
- **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 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2005-01-28 through 2005-01-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2019-03-27 through 2019-03-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 14 rows; 2001-06-26 through 2011-04-26; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2009-11-02 through 2009-11-02; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 56 rows; 2001-06-26 through 2014-12-10; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2008-05-29 through 2008-05-29; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2007-06-26 through 2007-06-26; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1997-06-01 through 1999-12-31; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 56 rows; 2000-01-27 through 2019-03-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 15 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 35 rows; 2001-06-26 through 2014-07-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 15 rows; 2001-06-26 through 2011-04-26; 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/bullskin-tipple-3608647`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bullskin-tipple-3608647`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608647/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608647/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608647/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`