# K & A Strips

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609819
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Butler, PA
- **Operator:** K & A Mining
- **Controller:** Edward J.  Atwell
- **Public source rows linked:** 228
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Edward J.  Atwell (0099375) → K & A Mining (0159893) → K & A Strips (3609819)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Edward J.  Atwell → K & A Mining:** 2011-03-07 through 2018-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609819; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Edward J.  Atwell → K & A Mining:** 2018-11-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609819; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 9 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 21 violation rows across the full record; 4 carry an S&S flag and $9,920 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 100 samples:** Occupational health samples 66 coal dust; 34 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — 4K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 330 employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 — 8 since 2021:** Inspections 28 inspection events and 699 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **30 CFR 77.206 — Ladders; construction; installation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.206
- **30 CFR 77.1701 — Emergency communications; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1701
- **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 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 71.207 — Respirable dust samples; transmission by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.207

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-05-10 through 2023-05-10; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 21 rows; 2011-07-02 through 2022-06-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2016-06-24 through 2016-06-24; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 66 rows; 2011-09-21 through 2022-07-05; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2015-08-06 through 2015-08-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2011-03-07 through 2018-11-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 28 rows; 2011-07-02 through 2024-04-23; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 43 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 34 rows; 2011-09-21 through 2021-11-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 21 rows; 2011-07-02 through 2022-06-08; 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/k-a-strips-3609819`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/k-a-strips-3609819`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609819/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609819/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609819/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`