# Primrose Operation

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609401
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** Blaschak Anthracite Corporation
- **Controller:** Blaschak Holding Corp
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,784
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Blaschak Holding Corp (C09456) → Blaschak Anthracite Corporation (P21041) → Primrose Operation (3609401)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Blaschak Holding Corp → Blaschak Anthracite Corporation:** 2006-03-22 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609401; 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 7 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 37 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,708 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 19 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 86 violation rows across the full record; 8 carry an S&S flag and $10,134 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 668 samples:** Occupational health samples 466 coal dust; 28 coal quartz; 174 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 26K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 12K employee hours and 22 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 5 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 — 16 since 2021:** Inspections 67 inspection events and 3K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 160,725 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 60,423
- **Average employees:** 26
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Northern
- **Union code:** United Mine Workers Of America
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **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 47.41 — Requirement for container labels.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.41
- **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 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 37 rows; 2007-08-28 through 2024-02-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-05-11 through 2017-05-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 84 rows; 2006-10-23 through 2026-06-24; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2011-03-22 through 2012-02-16; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 466 rows; 2006-10-25 through 2026-09-15; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2026-10-06 through 2026-10-06; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2009-11-04 through 2011-09-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 575 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 159 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 2006-03-22 through 2006-03-22; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 67 rows; 2006-09-06 through 2026-09-09; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 79 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 174 rows; 2006-10-23 through 2026-09-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 28 rows; 2006-10-25 through 2026-09-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 86 rows; 2006-10-23 through 2026-06-29; 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/primrose-operation-3609401`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/primrose-operation-3609401`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609401/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609401/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609401/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`