# Ralphton Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609881
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Somerset, PA
- **Operator:** Coal Loaders, Inc.
- **Controller:** Edward J  Ratay Jr
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,197
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Edward J  Ratay Jr (0198021) → Coal Loaders, Inc. (P08858) → Ralphton Mine (3609881)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James W  Cooper → Coal Loaders, Inc.:** 2010-09-14 through 2025-12-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609881; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Edward J  Ratay Jr → Coal Loaders, Inc.:** 2025-12-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609881; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 5
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 20 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 85 violation rows across the full record; 25 carry an S&S flag and $16,745 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 263 samples:** Occupational health samples 186 coal dust; 6 coal quartz; 71 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 33 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 11 contested-violation rows, 11 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 11 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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:** 36,872 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 21,094
- **Average employees:** 10
- **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 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **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 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **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 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **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 77.1607 — 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 77.1606 — 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — 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 77.1001 — Stripping; loose material.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1001

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2019-02-06 through 2019-02-06; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-05-11 through 2020-05-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 83 rows; 2010-09-20 through 2026-06-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 11 rows; 2011-10-18 through 2015-02-26; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 186 rows; 2010-09-21 through 2025-11-25; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 11 rows; 2011-01-04 through 2013-03-19; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 11 rows; 2010-09-20 through 2014-03-25; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 542 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 131 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2010-09-14 through 2010-09-14; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 37 rows; 2010-09-14 through 2026-08-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 71 rows; 2010-09-21 through 2025-11-25; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 6 rows; 2012-06-26 through 2020-06-24; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 85 rows; 2010-09-20 through 2026-06-23; 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/ralphton-mine-3609881`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/ralphton-mine-3609881`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609881/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609881/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609881/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`