# Reese's Branch Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0103342
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Walker, AL
- **Operator:** Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC
- **Controller:** David Michael  Jamison; Petri E Koivula
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,642
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**David Michael  Jamison; Petri E Koivula (0170221) → Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC (0193953) → Reese's Branch Mine (0103342)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ronald S  Bryant et al → Warrior Investment Company Inc.:** 2006-04-11 through 2006-06-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103342; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Otis R  Robison Jr → Cedar Lake Mining, Inc:** 2006-06-26 through 2017-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103342; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael T  Costello et al → Cedar Lake Mining, Inc:** 2017-09-01 through 2019-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103342; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Freddy  Hunt et al → Cedar Lake Mining, Inc:** 2017-09-01 through 2019-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103342; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael T  Costello → Cedar Lake Mining, Inc:** 2019-08-01 through 2021-04-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103342; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Otis R  Robison et al → Best Coal Inc.:** 2021-04-08 through 2017-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103342; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kendall  Robison et al → Best Coal Inc.:** 2021-04-08 through 2017-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103342; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael T  Costello et al → Best Coal Inc.:** 2021-04-08 through 2019-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103342; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Freddy  Hunt et al → Best Coal Inc.:** 2021-04-08 through 2019-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103342; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael T  Costello → Best Coal Inc.:** 2021-04-08 through 2021-03-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103342; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John  McNab et al → Best Coal Inc.:** 2021-04-08 through 2022-06-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103342; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David (Michael)  Jamison et al → Best Coal Inc.:** 2021-04-08 through 2022-06-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103342; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Paulette  Trimble  et al → Best Coal Inc.:** 2021-04-08 through 2011-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103342; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blossom B  Nelson  et al → Best Coal Inc.:** 2021-04-08 through 2011-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103342; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David (Michael)  Jamison → Best Coal Inc.:** 2022-06-17 through 2024-02-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103342; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David (Michael)  Jamison → Cedar Lake Mining, Inc:** 2022-07-06 through 2021-04-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103342; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David Michael  Jamison et al → Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC:** 2024-02-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103342; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Petri E Koivula et al → Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC:** 2024-02-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103342; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 18
- Typed edges: 33
- Interval anomalies: 8
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 102 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 102 violation rows across the full record; 29 carry an S&S flag and $21,638 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 414 samples:** Occupational health samples 303 coal dust; 24 coal quartz; 87 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 14 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 7 contested-violation rows, 7 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 — 1 since 2021:** Inspections 63 inspection events and 1K 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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.1301 — Explosives; magazines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-N/section-77.1301
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 77.208 — 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 77.1110 — 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 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 77.410 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2009-01-20 through 2016-10-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-01-14 through 2021-01-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 110 rows; 2006-06-21 through 2017-10-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2008-10-14 through 2008-12-11; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 303 rows; 2007-01-25 through 2020-08-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 7 rows; 2007-10-24 through 2007-10-24; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 724 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 171 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 18 rows; 2006-04-11 through 2024-02-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 63 rows; 2006-06-14 through 2021-01-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 87 rows; 2007-07-26 through 2020-08-17; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 24 rows; 2007-07-25 through 2019-12-18; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 102 rows; 2006-09-25 through 2017-10-12; 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/reese-s-branch-mine-0103342`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/reese-s-branch-mine-0103342`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0103342/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0103342/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0103342/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`