# Quecreek #1 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608746
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Somerset, PA
- **Operator:** RoxCoal, Inc.
- **Controller:** Quintana Capital Group GP Ltd
- **Public source rows linked:** 9,286
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Quintana Capital Group GP Ltd (0077457) → RoxCoal, Inc. (P24228) → Quecreek #1 Mine (3608746)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Severstal Resources → Black Wolf Coal Company Inc:** 1998-08-01 through 2008-05-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608746; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Severstal Resources → RoxCoal, Inc.:** 2008-05-21 through 2008-09-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608746; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Severstal Resources → Quecreek Mining Inc.:** 2008-09-11 through 2009-03-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608746; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Severstal Resources → RoxCoal, Inc.:** 2009-03-12 through 2014-08-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608746; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Quintana Capital Group GP Ltd et al → RoxCoal, Inc.:** 2014-08-20 through 2008-09-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608746; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Quintana Capital Group GP Ltd et al → RoxCoal, Inc.:** 2014-08-20 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608746; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 14
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 266 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 7,676 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,293 violation rows across the full record; 246 carry an S&S flag and $360,551 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 5K samples:** Occupational health samples 4,484 coal dust; 361 coal quartz; 283 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 67 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 — 33K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 20K employee hours and 46 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 637 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 270 contested-violation rows, 279 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 88 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 — 9 since 2021:** Inspections 297 inspection events and 33K 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 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.1200 — Mine map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1200
- **30 CFR 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.601-1 — Short circuit protection; ratings and settings of circuit breakers.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601-1

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 266 rows; 2001-10-17 through 2019-06-19; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-12-19 through 2025-12-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,277 rows; 2001-03-20 through 2020-02-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 279 rows; 2001-09-26 through 2018-08-01; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 4,484 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2023-07-19; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 88 rows; 2003-02-07 through 2018-10-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 270 rows; 2002-10-29 through 2017-08-08; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 239 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 48 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1998-08-01 through 2009-03-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 297 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2025-06-23; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 32 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 61 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 283 rows; 2000-07-31 through 2022-01-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 361 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2018-07-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,293 rows; 2001-03-20 through 2020-02-12; 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/quecreek-1-mine-3608746`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/quecreek-1-mine-3608746`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608746/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608746/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608746/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`