# MADISON MINE

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609127
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Cambria, PA
- **Operator:** ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY
- **Controller:** J Clifford  Forrest III
- **Public source rows linked:** 18,132
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**J Clifford  Forrest III (C07485) → ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY (P09635) → MADISON MINE (3609127)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Robindale Energy Services Inc → Madison Mining Company LLC:** 2002-12-30 through 2003-03-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609127; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → AMFIRE Mining Company LLC:** 2003-03-11 through 2014-12-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609127; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Clifford  Forrest III → Rosebud Mining Company:** 2014-12-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609127; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 — 39 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 163 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 5,984 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 349 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,538 violation rows across the full record; 237 carry an S&S flag and $431,390 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 13K samples:** Occupational health samples 11,606 coal dust; 568 coal quartz; 348 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 43 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 — 65K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 41K employee hours and 68 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 693 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 307 contested-violation rows, 307 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 79 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 10 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 — 66 since 2021:** Inspections 262 inspection events and 35K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 336,360 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 165,450
- **Average employees:** 69
- **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 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731
- **30 CFR 75.1911 — Fire suppression systems for diesel-powered equipment and fuel transportation units.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1911
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.203 — Mining methods.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.203
- **30 CFR 75.1103-8 — Automatic fire sensor and warning device systems; examination and test requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-8
- **30 CFR 75.1914 — Maintenance of diesel-powered equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1914
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 163 rows; 2004-07-27 through 2026-09-22; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-02-15 through 2016-02-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,509 rows; 2004-11-08 through 2026-08-26; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 307 rows; 2005-05-20 through 2026-09-01; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 11,606 rows; 2004-09-07 through 2026-10-07; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 79 rows; 2005-09-16 through 2025-02-12; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 307 rows; 2004-12-04 through 2025-12-18; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 993 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 225 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2002-12-30 through 2014-12-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 262 rows; 2004-05-07 through 2026-10-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 176 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 46 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 348 rows; 2004-09-07 through 2026-09-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 568 rows; 2004-11-17 through 2026-07-29; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,538 rows; 2004-11-08 through 2026-10-07; 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/madison-mine-3609127`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/madison-mine-3609127`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609127/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609127/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609127/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`