# LOWRY MINE

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609287
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Indiana, PA
- **Operator:** ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY
- **Controller:** J Clifford  Forrest III
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,078
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**J Clifford  Forrest III (C07485) → ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY (P09635) → LOWRY MINE (3609287)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **J Clifford  Forrest III → Rosebud Mining Company:** 2005-01-25 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609287; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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 — 11 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 32 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,059 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 174 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 682 violation rows across the full record; 168 carry an S&S flag and $213,229 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 3K samples:** Occupational health samples 2,277 coal dust; 139 coal quartz; 170 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 19 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 — 402 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 191 contested-violation rows, 191 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 20 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 — 259 since 2021:** Inspections 643 inspection events and 18K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 135,717 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 50,806
- **Average employees:** 22
- **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 75.515 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.515
- **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 75.809 — Identification of circuit breakers and disconnecting switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-I/section-75.809
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.208 — Warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.208
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **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 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.1107-16 — Inspection of fire suppression devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-16

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 32 rows; 2008-08-04 through 2025-09-18; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-12-07 through 2020-12-07; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 671 rows; 2008-08-05 through 2026-08-25; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 191 rows; 2009-04-06 through 2025-05-12; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 2,277 rows; 2008-01-15 through 2026-10-15; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 20 rows; 2011-02-10 through 2013-04-16; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 191 rows; 2008-08-05 through 2024-12-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 15 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 2005-01-25 through 2005-01-25; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 643 rows; 2008-01-10 through 2026-10-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 38 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 170 rows; 2008-01-22 through 2026-08-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 139 rows; 2008-09-10 through 2026-10-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 682 rows; 2008-08-05 through 2026-10-14; 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/lowry-mine-3609287`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/lowry-mine-3609287`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609287/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609287/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609287/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`