# Kingston West

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3610009
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Westmoreland, PA
- **Operator:** Unity Mines LLC
- **Controller:** James  Fukuda; Joe  Janiszewsky
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,339
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James  Fukuda; Joe  Janiszewsky (0170223) → Unity Mines LLC (0183613) → Kingston West (3610009)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **J E  Cooper → C & D Coal Company LLC:** 2013-09-09 through 2022-05-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 3610009; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joe  Janiszewsky et al → Unity Mines LLC:** 2022-05-29 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3610009; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James  Fukuda et al → Unity Mines LLC:** 2022-05-29 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3610009; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- 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 6 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 140 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 1 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 110 violation rows across the full record; 25 carry an S&S flag and $27,614 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 244 samples:** Occupational health samples 200 coal dust; 14 coal quartz; 30 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 1K employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 9 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 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 — 23 since 2021:** Inspections 104 inspection events and 4K 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 75.1711-3 — Openings of active mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711-3
- **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 49.50 — Certification of coal mine rescue teams.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-49/subpart-B/section-49.50
- **30 CFR 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **30 CFR 75.1712-1 — Availability of surface bathing facilities; change rooms; and sanitary facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1712-1
- **30 CFR 75.508-2 — Changes in electric system map; recording.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.508-2
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 6 rows; 2012-07-09 through 2015-12-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-01-15 through 2026-01-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 108 rows; 2013-04-08 through 2023-10-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2016-06-24 through 2016-06-24; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 200 rows; 2012-08-02 through 2016-02-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2015-10-21 through 2016-05-03; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2015-09-15 through 2015-09-15; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 546 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 105 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2013-09-09 through 2022-05-29; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 104 rows; 2012-07-25 through 2026-01-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 80 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 22 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 30 rows; 2012-07-31 through 2016-02-18; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 14 rows; 2014-03-19 through 2016-02-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 110 rows; 2013-04-08 through 2023-10-16; 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/kingston-west-3610009`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/kingston-west-3610009`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3610009/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3610009/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3610009/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`
