# Slope #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609976
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** M & D Anthracite Coal
- **Controller:** Matthew  Ward; Alfred J  Brown
- **Public source rows linked:** 457
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Matthew  Ward; Alfred J  Brown (0165483) → M & D Anthracite Coal (0179593) → Slope #1 (3609976)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Kerry  Harris → S & J Coal Mine:** 2016-05-10 through 2017-04-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Matthew G  Fidler et al → M & D Anthracite Coal Company:** 2017-04-13 through 2021-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David R  Shoffler et al → M & D Anthracite Coal Company:** 2017-04-13 through 2021-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Matthew  Ward et al → M & D Anthracite Coal:** 2021-10-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alfred J  Brown et al → M & D Anthracite Coal:** 2021-10-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 11
- 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 — 11 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 11 violation rows across the full record; 1 carry an S&S flag and $1,636 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 326 samples:** Occupational health samples 301 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 22 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 — 1K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 3 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 — 49 since 2021:** Inspections 54 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 5,763 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 8,230
- **Average employees:** 4
- **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 77.410 — 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 70.208 — Quarterly sampling; mechanized mining units.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-C/section-70.208
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **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 77.1110 — 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 50.30-1 — General instructions for completing MSHA Form 7000-2.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30-1
- **30 CFR 75.381 — Escapeways; anthracite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.381
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.1714 — Availability of approved self-rescue devices; instruction in use and location.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-03-03 through 2023-03-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 11 rows; 2022-03-02 through 2026-07-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 301 rows; 2022-08-30 through 2026-09-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2016-05-10 through 2021-10-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 54 rows; 2016-08-25 through 2026-09-23; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 37 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 22 rows; 2022-08-30 through 2026-02-04; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2022-08-30 through 2023-04-04; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 11 rows; 2022-03-02 through 2026-07-30; 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/slope-1-3609976`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/slope-1-3609976`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609976/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609976/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609976/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`