# Eckley Operation

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3610138
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Luzerne, PA
- **Operator:** Blaschak Anthracite Corp.
- **Controller:** Blaschak Holding Corp
- **Public source rows linked:** 237
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Blaschak Holding Corp (C09456) → Blaschak Anthracite Corp. (P21041) → Eckley Operation (3610138)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Haines & Kibblehouse Inc et al → Hazleton Materials, LLC:** 2015-05-20 through 2012-06-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 3610138; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **No 1 Contracting Group et al → Hazleton Materials, LLC:** 2015-05-20 through 2012-06-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 3610138; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John B  Haines IV et al → Hazleton Materials, LLC:** 2015-05-20 through 2002-07-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 3610138; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John R  Kibblehouse et al → Hazleton Materials, LLC:** 2015-05-20 through 2023-01-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 3610138; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John B  Haines IV et al → Hazleton Materials, LLC:** 2015-05-20 through 2023-01-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 3610138; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blaschak Holding Corp → Blaschak Anthracite Corp.:** 2023-01-04 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3610138; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 12
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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 — 5 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 346 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 14 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 17 violation rows across the full record; 0 carry an S&S flag and $9,267 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 129 samples:** Occupational health samples 89 coal dust; 9 coal quartz; 31 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 — 23K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 13K employee hours and 25 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 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 — 15 since 2021:** Inspections 24 inspection events and 676 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 5,368 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 38,997
- **Average employees:** 20
- **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 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.1600 — Loading and haulage; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1600
- **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 50.12 — Preservation of evidence.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-B/section-50.12
- **30 CFR 50.10 — Immediate notification.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-B/section-50.10

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2023-06-12 through 2025-03-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-01-03 through 2023-01-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 16 rows; 2016-10-17 through 2026-08-28; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 89 rows; 2015-09-14 through 2026-09-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2023-09-08 through 2023-10-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2015-05-20 through 2023-01-04; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 24 rows; 2015-08-24 through 2026-08-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 31 rows; 2015-09-14 through 2026-08-28; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 9 rows; 2023-03-15 through 2026-08-28; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 17 rows; 2016-10-17 through 2026-08-28; 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/eckley-operation-3610138`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/eckley-operation-3610138`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3610138/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3610138/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3610138/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`