# Kuperavage Ent Inc/TA Tuscarora Coal

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609059
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** Kuperavage Ent Inc/Tuscarora Coal Co
- **Controller:** David B  Kuperavage
- **Public source rows linked:** 501
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**David B  Kuperavage (0085797) → Kuperavage Ent Inc/Tuscarora Coal Co (P13797) → Kuperavage Ent Inc/TA Tuscarora Coal (3609059)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Bernard J  Kuperavage Jr et al → Kuperavage Ent Inc/Tuscarora Coal Co:** 2002-01-11 through 2009-05-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609059; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David B  Kuperavage → Kuperavage Ent Inc/Tuscarora Coal Co:** 2009-05-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609059; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 5
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+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 — 10 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 37 violation rows across the full record; 5 carry an S&S flag and $4,007 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 214 samples:** Occupational health samples 144 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 67 noise. 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 — 3K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 3 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 — 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 — 12 since 2021:** Inspections 65 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 17,850 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 4,685
- **Average employees:** 2
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Northern
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **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
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 77.1102 — Warning signs; smoking and open flame.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1102
- **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 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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2008-02-13 through 2008-02-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 37 rows; 2005-02-09 through 2026-05-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 144 rows; 2002-09-03 through 2026-09-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2002-01-11 through 2002-01-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 65 rows; 2002-01-29 through 2026-05-12; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 115 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 29 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 67 rows; 2003-02-12 through 2025-11-03; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2009-05-18 through 2017-04-26; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 37 rows; 2005-02-09 through 2026-05-13; 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/kuperavage-ent-inc-ta-tuscarora-coal-3609059`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/kuperavage-ent-inc-ta-tuscarora-coal-3609059`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609059/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609059/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609059/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`