# North Fork

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3610041
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Somerset, PA
- **Operator:** AK Steel Natural Resources, LLC
- **Controller:** J Clifford  Forrest III
- **Public source rows linked:** 6,384
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**J Clifford  Forrest III (C07485) → AK Steel Natural Resources, LLC (0192093) → North Fork (3610041)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **AK Steel Holding Corporation → AK Coal Resources, Inc.:** 2013-01-04 through 2020-03-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 3610041; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleveland-Cliffs Inc → AK Coal Resources, Inc.:** 2020-03-13 through 2023-10-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 3610041; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Clifford  Forrest III → AK Steel Natural Resources, LLC:** 2023-10-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3610041; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- 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 32 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 1,091 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 635 violation rows across the full record; 99 carry an S&S flag and $194,306 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 4K samples:** Occupational health samples 3,574 coal dust; 193 coal quartz; 126 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 7 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 — 115 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 46 contested-violation rows, 43 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 26 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 — 1 since 2021:** Inspections 125 inspection events and 13K 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 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 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **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 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 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403
- **30 CFR 75.1714-4 — Additional self-contained self-rescuers (SCSRs).** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-4
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 75.1710 — Canopies or cabs; diesel-powered and electric face equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1710
- **30 CFR 47.44 — Temporary, portable containers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.44
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 32 rows; 2013-08-21 through 2020-01-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-08-31 through 2021-08-31; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 624 rows; 2013-03-28 through 2020-11-24; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 43 rows; 2014-02-27 through 2021-02-08; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 3,574 rows; 2002-01-27 through 2021-02-10; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 26 rows; 2014-06-26 through 2020-01-08; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 46 rows; 2013-06-24 through 2019-10-07; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 669 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 160 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2013-01-04 through 2023-10-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 125 rows; 2013-03-28 through 2021-08-23; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 102 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 126 rows; 2013-09-04 through 2020-11-18; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 193 rows; 2013-09-10 through 2020-11-18; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 635 rows; 2013-03-28 through 2020-11-24; 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/north-fork-3610041`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/north-fork-3610041`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3610041/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3610041/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3610041/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`