# Blue Ridge Mining L.P.

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609885
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Northumberland, PA
- **Operator:** Blue Ridge Mining L.P.
- **Controller:** Marc S  Sandri
- **Public source rows linked:** 282
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Marc S  Sandri (0097335) → Blue Ridge Mining L.P. (0114845) → Blue Ridge Mining L.P. (3609885)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Marc S  Sandri → Blue Ridge Mining L.P.:** 2010-10-01 through 2015-04-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609885; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Daniel L  Long et al → Blue Ridge Mining L.P.:** 2015-04-14 through 2021-09-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609885; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mark S  Sandri et al → Blue Ridge Mining L.P.:** 2015-04-14 through 2021-09-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609885; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Marc S  Sandri → Blue Ridge Mining L.P.:** 2021-09-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609885; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 8
- 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 21 violation rows across the full record; 2 carry an S&S flag and $2,858 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 108 samples:** Occupational health samples 73 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 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 — 463 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 744 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 — 20 since 2021:** Inspections 52 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 3,659 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 2,219
- **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 77.1000 — 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 71.501 — Sanitary toilet facilities; maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.501
- **30 CFR 72.100 — Periodic examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-B/section-72.100
- **30 CFR 71.404 — Application for waiver of surface facilities requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.404
- **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 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-09-09 through 2025-09-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 21 rows; 2012-04-24 through 2026-05-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 73 rows; 2012-05-23 through 2026-05-21; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2010-10-01 through 2010-10-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 52 rows; 2011-02-25 through 2026-10-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 58 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 34 rows; 2012-05-23 through 2026-01-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2021-08-31 through 2021-08-31; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 21 rows; 2012-04-24 through 2026-05-21; 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/blue-ridge-mining-l-p-3609885`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/blue-ridge-mining-l-p-3609885`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609885/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609885/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609885/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`