# Sioux Bank

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608822
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Northumberland, PA
- **Operator:** Black Diamond Mining Inc
- **Controller:** Dennis M  Molesevich Sr; Jeff M  Molesevich
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,321
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Dennis M  Molesevich Sr; Jeff M  Molesevich (0064829) → Black Diamond Mining Inc (P24288) → Sioux Bank (3608822)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Richard M  Oley → Black Diamond Mining Inc:** 1999-12-01 through 2012-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608822; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wicked Management LLC → Black Diamond Mining Inc:** 2013-01-01 through 2023-06-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608822; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeff M  Molesevich  et al → Black Diamond Mining Inc:** 2023-06-14 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608822; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dennis M  Molesevich Sr et al → Black Diamond Mining Inc:** 2023-06-14 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608822; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 8
- 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 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 180 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 14 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 56 violation rows across the full record; 13 carry an S&S flag and $6,813 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 198 samples:** Occupational health samples 124 coal dust; 74 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 1K employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 — 7 since 2021:** Inspections 81 inspection events and 2K 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 77.400 — 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 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 77.204 — Openings in surface installations; safeguards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.204
- **30 CFR 77.513 — Insulating mats at power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.513

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2007-07-06 through 2016-12-06; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-07-26 through 2024-07-26; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 56 rows; 2001-01-23 through 2026-04-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 124 rows; 2001-01-23 through 2026-04-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 551 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 139 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1999-12-01 through 1999-12-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 81 rows; 2000-05-30 through 2026-04-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 182 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 49 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 74 rows; 2001-08-08 through 2025-10-29; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 56 rows; 2001-01-23 through 2026-04-23; 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/sioux-bank-3608822`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sioux-bank-3608822`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608822/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608822/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608822/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`