# Brink

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608906
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Clearfield, PA
- **Operator:** Northern Son Inc
- **Controller:** Franklin S  Schall
- **Public source rows linked:** 588
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Franklin S  Schall (0040924) → Northern Son Inc (0050565) → Brink (3608906)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Terry L  Schall → Big Mack Leasing Company Inc:** 2001-02-01 through 2002-09-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608906; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Franklin S  Schall → Northern Son Inc:** 2002-09-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608906; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 115 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 54 violation rows across the full record; 39 carry an S&S flag and $31,722 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 112 samples:** Occupational health samples 74 coal dust; 9 coal quartz; 29 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 — 3K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 675 employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 74 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 33 contested-violation rows, 39 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 39 inspection events and 628 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 77.1104 — 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 48.31 — Hazard training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 77.1004 — Ground control; inspection and maintenance; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1004
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2004-12-29 through 2007-10-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2011-04-05 through 2011-04-05; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 52 rows; 2002-03-22 through 2009-03-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 39 rows; 2002-12-13 through 2011-03-15; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 74 rows; 2002-03-26 through 2009-05-01; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2003-03-20 through 2003-03-20; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 33 rows; 2005-07-05 through 2009-03-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 165 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 39 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2001-02-01 through 2002-09-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 39 rows; 2002-03-14 through 2011-03-23; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 38 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 29 rows; 2002-08-14 through 2008-08-26; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 9 rows; 2002-03-26 through 2008-01-22; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 54 rows; 2002-03-22 through 2009-03-10; 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/brink-3608906`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/brink-3608906`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608906/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608906/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608906/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`