# Lykens Slope #1 - **MSHA mine ID:** 3608830 - **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed - **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Anthracite) - **Location:** Schuylkill, PA - **Operator:** Lykens Coal Company - **Controller:** Gary Lucas - **Public source rows linked:** 81 - **Source coverage:** 9 / 20 - **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z ## Current entity hierarchy **Gary Lucas (C15463) → Lykens Coal Company (P24555) → Lykens Slope #1 (3608830)** Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim. ## Controller and operator valid-time history - **Charles Cress → Lykens Coal Company:** 1999-08-01 through 2000-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608830; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Gary Lucas et al → Lykens Coal Company:** 2000-11-15 through 2002-09-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608830; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Matt Bixler et al → B and H Coal Co.:** 2002-09-04 through 2002-10-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608830; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **David Hoffman et al → B and H Coal Co.:** 2002-09-04 through 2002-10-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608830; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Gary Lucas et al → Lykens Coal Company:** 2002-10-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608830; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - History rows: 5 - Typed edges: 12 - 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 38 violation rows across the full record; 1 carry an S&S flag and $1,798 appears in current assessed amounts. 3. **HEALTH — 0 samples:** Occupational health samples No published samples. 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter. 5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 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 20 inspection events and 229 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 71.500 — Sanitary toilet facilities at surface work sites; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.500 - **30 CFR 77.412 — Compressed air systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.412 - **30 CFR 77.504 — Electrical connections or splices; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.504 - **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 - **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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104 - **30 CFR 75.1713-3 — First-Aid training; supervisory employees.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1713-3 - **30 CFR 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2 - **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 77.1915 — Storage and handling of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-T/section-77.1915 ## Source coverage - **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-09-01 through 2010-09-01; source ID `msha-addresses` - **Assessed Violations:** 4 rows; 2002-10-07 through 2003-07-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations` - **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2003-08-06 through 2003-08-06; source ID `msha-conferences` - **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1999-08-01 through 2002-10-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history` - **Inspections:** 20 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2005-11-16; source ID `msha-inspections` - **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly` - **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 3 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly` - **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines` - **Violations:** 38 rows; 2002-10-07 through 2004-12-14; 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/lykens-slope-1-3608830` - JSON: `/api/v1/mines/lykens-slope-1-3608830` - Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608830/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows) - Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608830/relationships` - MCP resource: `mine://3608830/assessment` - Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`