# MINE 78 PREPARATION PLANT

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609525
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Somerset, PA
- **Operator:** Rosebud Mining Company
- **Controller:** J Clifford  Forrest III
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,079
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**J Clifford  Forrest III (C07485) → Rosebud Mining Company (P09635) → MINE 78 PREPARATION PLANT (3609525)**

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:** 2007-05-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609525; 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 7 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 574 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 71 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 207 violation rows across the full record; 51 carry an S&S flag and $38,243 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 509 samples:** Occupational health samples 361 coal dust; 35 coal quartz; 113 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 13 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 2K employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 40 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 19 contested-violation rows, 19 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 16 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 — 17 since 2021:** Inspections 75 inspection events and 3K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 28,621
- **Average employees:** 18
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Northern
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 2

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.501 — Electric distribution circuits and equipment; repair.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.501
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **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 77.1110 — 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 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 7 rows; 2008-02-21 through 2020-02-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2009-02-27 through 2009-02-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 205 rows; 2007-06-19 through 2026-04-20; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 19 rows; 2008-08-13 through 2018-09-11; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 361 rows; 2008-02-07 through 2026-09-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2010-04-01 through 2010-04-01; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 19 rows; 2007-06-19 through 2018-03-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 723 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 196 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 2007-05-30 through 2007-05-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 75 rows; 2007-06-19 through 2026-10-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 94 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 113 rows; 2008-02-07 through 2026-04-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 35 rows; 2010-09-01 through 2026-04-14; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 207 rows; 2007-06-19 through 2026-10-05; 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/mine-78-preparation-plant-3609525`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-78-preparation-plant-3609525`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609525/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609525/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609525/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`