# BRUSH VALLEY

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609437
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Indiana, PA
- **Operator:** ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY
- **Controller:** J Clifford  Forrest III
- **Public source rows linked:** 13,116
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**J Clifford  Forrest III (C07485) → ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY (P09635) → BRUSH VALLEY (3609437)**

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:** 2008-03-04 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609437; 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 — 46 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 91 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 3,781 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 246 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 735 violation rows across the full record; 100 carry an S&S flag and $216,294 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 10K samples:** Occupational health samples 9,497 coal dust; 449 coal quartz; 261 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 35 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 — 165K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 37K employee hours and 71 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 210 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 103 contested-violation rows, 103 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 — 52 since 2021:** Inspections 172 inspection events and 20K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 551,303 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 153,171
- **Average employees:** 65
- **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 75.1107-16 — 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
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **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 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **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 75.1202-1 — Temporary notations, revisions, and supplements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1202-1
- **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 75.333 — 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 75.325 — Air quantity.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.325
- **30 CFR 75.1909 — Nonpermissible diesel-powered equipment; design and performance requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1909
- **30 CFR 75.1911 — Fire suppression systems for diesel-powered equipment and fuel transportation units.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1911

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 91 rows; 2013-05-29 through 2026-09-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-06-20 through 2016-06-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 724 rows; 2011-11-03 through 2026-08-24; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 103 rows; 2014-04-21 through 2026-04-16; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 9,497 rows; 2008-07-15 through 2026-10-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2014-05-01 through 2022-04-05; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 103 rows; 2013-06-11 through 2025-10-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 683 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 111 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 2008-03-04 through 2008-03-04; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 172 rows; 2008-07-15 through 2026-09-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 151 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 29 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 261 rows; 2008-07-15 through 2026-07-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 449 rows; 2014-03-13 through 2026-08-26; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 735 rows; 2011-11-03 through 2026-09-22; 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/brush-valley-3609437`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/brush-valley-3609437`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609437/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609437/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609437/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`