# RES Houtzdale

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609604
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Clearfield, PA
- **Operator:** RES Coal LLC
- **Controller:** Robindale Energy Services Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,397
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Robindale Energy Services Inc (C15935) → RES Coal LLC (0090866) → RES Houtzdale (3609604)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Robindale Energy Services Inc → RES Coal LLC:** 2008-05-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609604; 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 3 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 9 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 687 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 4 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 61 violation rows across the full record; 19 carry an S&S flag and $11,848 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 813 samples:** Occupational health samples 583 coal dust; 37 coal quartz; 193 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 — 27K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 15K employee hours and 22 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 15 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 11 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 — 14 since 2021:** Inspections 49 inspection events and 3K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 148,786 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 67,790
- **Average employees:** 28
- **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 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **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 77.1710 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1710
- **30 CFR 77.405 — Performing work from a raised position; safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.405
- **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
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 9 rows; 2009-08-10 through 2022-08-22; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2008-05-01 through 2008-05-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 60 rows; 2008-12-06 through 2025-11-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2011-04-18 through 2020-07-21; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 583 rows; 2008-06-10 through 2026-08-19; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2016-12-21 through 2020-01-23; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2009-07-28 through 2019-11-05; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,037 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 258 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 2008-05-01 through 2008-05-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 49 rows; 2008-06-06 through 2026-08-19; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 73 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 193 rows; 2008-06-10 through 2026-08-19; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 37 rows; 2008-06-10 through 2026-08-19; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 61 rows; 2008-12-06 through 2025-11-13; 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/res-houtzdale-3609604`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/res-houtzdale-3609604`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609604/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609604/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609604/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`