# Big Mine Run

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609253
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** Waste Management & Processors, Inc.
- **Controller:** John W  Rich Jr
- **Public source rows linked:** 65
- **Source coverage:** 10 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John W  Rich Jr (C12426) → Waste Management & Processors, Inc. (P17686) → Big Mine Run (3609253)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Stanley S  Kroh → Stanley Kroh Coal:** 2004-06-04 through 2006-10-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609253; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Vincent  Guarna et al → Fox Coal Company Inc.:** 2006-10-16 through 2022-08-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609253; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael  Guarna et al → Fox Coal Company Inc.:** 2006-10-16 through 2022-08-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609253; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John W  Rich Jr et al → Waste Management & Processors, Inc.:** 2022-08-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609253; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 3 violation rows across the full record; 1 carry an S&S flag and $324 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 10 samples:** Occupational health samples 5 coal dust; 5 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 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 — 3 since 2021:** Inspections 23 inspection events and 215 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 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **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 77.1000 — 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

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-03-20 through 2024-03-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 3 rows; 2006-05-02 through 2010-12-09; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 5 rows; 2006-02-28 through 2022-09-20; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2004-06-04 through 2022-08-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 23 rows; 2005-03-07 through 2024-03-20; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 3 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 5 rows; 2006-02-28 through 2022-09-20; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 3 rows; 2006-05-02 through 2010-12-09; 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/big-mine-run-3609253`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/big-mine-run-3609253`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609253/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609253/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609253/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`