# Big Mountain Anthracite #1 Pit

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3610127
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Northumberland, PA
- **Operator:** Big Mountain Anthracite
- **Controller:** Chris E  Kerstetter
- **Public source rows linked:** 132
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Chris E  Kerstetter (0116281) → Big Mountain Anthracite (0136653) → Big Mountain Anthracite #1 Pit (3610127)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Chris E  Kerstetter → Big Mountain Anthracite:** 2014-10-29 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3610127; 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 9 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 11 violation rows across the full record; 0 carry an S&S flag and $1,529 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 35 samples:** Occupational health samples 20 coal dust; 15 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 455 employee hours and 1 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 — 13 since 2021:** Inspections 25 inspection events and 611 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 5,320 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 1,820
- **Average employees:** 1
- **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 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
- **30 CFR 77.1102 — Warning signs; smoking and open flame.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1102
- **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.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-01-11 through 2018-01-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 11 rows; 2019-11-18 through 2026-01-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 20 rows; 2018-01-24 through 2026-08-04; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 2014-10-29 through 2014-10-29; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 25 rows; 2016-08-03 through 2026-07-16; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 15 rows; 2018-01-24 through 2026-08-04; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 11 rows; 2019-11-18 through 2026-01-05; 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/big-mountain-anthracite-1-pit-3610127`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/big-mountain-anthracite-1-pit-3610127`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3610127/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3610127/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3610127/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`