# Clearfield Tipple

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609140
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Clearfield, PA
- **Operator:** Rosebud Mining Company
- **Controller:** J Clifford  Forrest III
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,926
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**J Clifford  Forrest III (C07485) → Rosebud Mining Company (P09635) → Clearfield Tipple (3609140)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC:** 2003-04-28 through 2014-12-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609140; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Clifford  Forrest III → Rosebud Mining Company:** 2014-12-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609140; 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 87 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 22 violation rows across the full record; 9 carry an S&S flag and $3,037 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 127 samples:** Occupational health samples 74 coal dust; 53 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 11 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 55 inspection events and 750 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 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 77.506 — Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short-circuit protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.506
- **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 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516
- **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 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 77.402 — Hand-held power tools; safety devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.402
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505
- **30 CFR 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2006-06-28 through 2006-06-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-08-12 through 2016-08-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 22 rows; 2003-05-22 through 2011-07-06; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2010-01-08 through 2011-05-03; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 74 rows; 2003-06-11 through 2016-05-12; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 7 rows; 2003-07-08 through 2008-07-17; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2007-07-16 through 2010-02-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,350 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 321 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2003-04-28 through 2014-12-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 55 rows; 2003-05-22 through 2016-05-12; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 53 rows; 2003-06-11 through 2016-04-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 22 rows; 2003-05-22 through 2011-07-06; 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/clearfield-tipple-3609140`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/clearfield-tipple-3609140`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609140/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609140/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609140/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`