# T & B Strip

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609826
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Fayette, PA
- **Operator:** T & B Excavating Inc.
- **Controller:** Patrick L  Sterbutzel
- **Public source rows linked:** 291
- **Source coverage:** 10 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Patrick L  Sterbutzel (0091193) → T & B Excavating Inc. (0107765) → T & B Strip (3609826)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Patrick L  Sterbutzel et al → T & B Excavating Inc.:** 2010-02-03 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609826; 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 7 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 12 violation rows across the full record; 2 carry an S&S flag and $1,617 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 128 samples:** Occupational health samples 91 coal dust; 37 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 — 2K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 192 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 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 — 15 since 2021:** Inspections 37 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 11,747 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 2,788
- **Average employees:** 2
- **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 77.205 — 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 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 77.1606 — 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 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **30 CFR 77.1004 — Ground control; inspection and maintenance; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1004
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-12-18 through 2018-12-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 12 rows; 2010-10-26 through 2026-01-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 91 rows; 2010-08-11 through 2026-09-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 2010-02-03 through 2010-02-03; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 37 rows; 2010-05-17 through 2026-06-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 77 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 22 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 37 rows; 2010-08-11 through 2026-09-01; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 12 rows; 2010-10-26 through 2026-01-29; 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/t-b-strip-3609826`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/t-b-strip-3609826`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609826/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609826/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609826/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`