# Horton Strips

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609965
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Clearfield, PA
- **Operator:** Black Cat Coal, LLC
- **Controller:** Kim  Horton
- **Public source rows linked:** 207
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Kim  Horton (0077953) → Black Cat Coal, LLC (0107347) → Horton Strips (3609965)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Kim  Horton → Horton Coal Company LLC:** 2011-10-27 through 2018-10-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609965; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kim  Horton → Black Cat Coal, LLC:** 2018-10-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609965; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lloyd  Dahlem et al → Black Cat Coal, LLC:** 2018-10-16 through 2013-12-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609965; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kim  Horton et al → Black Cat Coal, LLC:** 2018-10-16 through 2013-12-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609965; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 9
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 12 violation rows across the full record; 4 carry an S&S flag and $1,304 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 46 samples:** Occupational health samples 33 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 12 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 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 — 1 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 — 7 since 2021:** Inspections 27 inspection events and 486 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 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **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 77.1605 — 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 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 77.1606 — 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 48.26 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.26
- **30 CFR 71.500 — Sanitary toilet facilities at surface work sites; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.500
- **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 77.404 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-04-02 through 2026-04-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 12 rows; 2012-09-18 through 2021-01-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 33 rows; 2012-09-19 through 2022-03-15; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2011-10-27 through 2018-10-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 27 rows; 2012-09-18 through 2026-03-24; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 83 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:** 12 rows; 2012-09-24 through 2021-05-19; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2018-12-11 through 2018-12-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 12 rows; 2012-09-18 through 2021-01-19; 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/horton-strips-3609965`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/horton-strips-3609965`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609965/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609965/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609965/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`