# CHERRY TREE MINE

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609224
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Clearfield, PA
- **Operator:** ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY
- **Controller:** J Clifford  Forrest III
- **Public source rows linked:** 10,313
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**J Clifford  Forrest III (C07485) → ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY (P09635) → CHERRY TREE MINE (3609224)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **John P  Garcia et al → Parkwood Resources, Inc.:** 2004-04-12 through 2010-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Clifford  Forrest III → Parkwood Resources, Inc.:** 2010-04-01 through 2010-04-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Clifford  Forrest III → Rosebud Mining Company:** 2010-05-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 8
- 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 91 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 3,938 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 114 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,176 violation rows across the full record; 351 carry an S&S flag and $417,057 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 5K samples:** Occupational health samples 4,340 coal dust; 349 coal quartz; 289 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 72 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 — 143K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 41K employee hours and 61 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 755 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 350 contested-violation rows, 349 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 56 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 8 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 — 74 since 2021:** Inspections 272 inspection events and 25K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 259,204 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 96,002
- **Average employees:** 38
- **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 75.1715 — Identification check system.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1715
- **30 CFR 75.1101-8 — Water sprinkler systems; arrangement of sprinklers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-8
- **30 CFR 77.401 — Stationary grinding machines; protective devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.401
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **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 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 70.201 — Sampling; general and technical requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-C/section-70.201
- **30 CFR 70.209 — Quarterly sampling; designated areas.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-C/section-70.209
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **30 CFR 75.1107-1 — Fire-resistant hydraulic fluids and fire suppression devices on underground equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-1

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 91 rows; 2005-06-23 through 2015-10-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-12-18 through 2023-12-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,160 rows; 2004-08-18 through 2026-08-20; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 349 rows; 2007-08-27 through 2026-06-24; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 4,340 rows; 2005-04-26 through 2026-10-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 56 rows; 2004-10-06 through 2014-06-02; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 350 rows; 2006-05-08 through 2025-10-22; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,365 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 332 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2004-04-12 through 2010-05-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 272 rows; 2004-07-28 through 2026-09-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 147 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 32 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 289 rows; 2005-05-26 through 2026-09-01; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 349 rows; 2005-04-26 through 2026-09-01; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,176 rows; 2004-08-18 through 2026-09-17; 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/cherry-tree-mine-3609224`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/cherry-tree-mine-3609224`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609224/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609224/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609224/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`