# CROOKED CREEK MINE

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609972
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Indiana, PA
- **Operator:** ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY
- **Controller:** J Clifford  Forrest III
- **Public source rows linked:** 10,350
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**J Clifford  Forrest III (C07485) → ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY (P09635) → CROOKED CREEK MINE (3609972)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **J Clifford  Forrest III → Rosebud Mining Company:** 2011-12-03 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609972; 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 — 24 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 56 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 3,942 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 233 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 526 violation rows across the full record; 82 carry an S&S flag and $134,636 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 8K samples:** Occupational health samples 7,594 coal dust; 460 coal quartz; 218 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 45 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 — 194K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 33K employee hours and 58 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 121 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 59 contested-violation rows, 59 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 — 232 since 2021:** Inspections 424 inspection events and 19K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 749,143 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 153,886
- **Average employees:** 66
- **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 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.1914 — Maintenance of diesel-powered equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1914
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.1505 — Escapeway maps.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1505
- **30 CFR 75.1202 — Temporary notations, revisions, and supplements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1202
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.1713-7 — First-aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1713-7
- **30 CFR 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 56 rows; 2015-01-17 through 2026-09-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-02-22 through 2016-02-22; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 513 rows; 2014-10-09 through 2026-08-25; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 59 rows; 2015-05-26 through 2025-12-04; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 7,594 rows; 2014-05-13 through 2026-10-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2020-04-22 through 2026-09-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 59 rows; 2014-10-09 through 2025-04-08; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 241 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 68 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 2011-12-03 through 2011-12-03; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 424 rows; 2014-04-10 through 2026-10-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 100 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 218 rows; 2014-05-12 through 2026-09-08; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 460 rows; 2015-05-12 through 2026-08-18; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 526 rows; 2014-10-09 through 2026-10-08; 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/crooked-creek-mine-3609972`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/crooked-creek-mine-3609972`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609972/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609972/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609972/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`