# SPRING BRANCH

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1510394
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** TENNCO INC.
- **Controller:** Jack  Stump; Michael  Runyon
- **Public source rows linked:** 506
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jack  Stump; Michael  Runyon (0124921) → TENNCO INC. (0135993) → SPRING BRANCH (1510394)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Slone Bennie F → Spring Branch Coal Company Inc:** 1977-05-01 through 1979-04-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510394; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mc Guire John H → Little Bill Coal Company Inc:** 1979-04-19 through 2008-01-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510394; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bill C  Smith → Patrick Processing LLC:** 2008-01-18 through 2012-06-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510394; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bill C  Smith → JC 1 Mining, LLC:** 2012-06-05 through 2019-10-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510394; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Janet R Bryant → Trump Energy, Corp.:** 2019-10-30 through 2021-06-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510394; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jack  Stump et al → TENNCO INC.:** 2021-06-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510394; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael  Runyon et al → TENNCO INC.:** 2021-06-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510394; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Daris  Stump → TENNCO INC.:** 2021-06-07 through 2015-02-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510394; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jackie (Mitch)  Fannin Et Al → TENNCO INC.:** 2021-06-07 through 2016-03-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510394; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jack  Stump Et Al → TENNCO INC.:** 2021-06-07 through 2016-03-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510394; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 24
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 12 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 114 violation rows across the full record; 41 carry an S&S flag and $31,485 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 61 samples:** Occupational health samples 48 coal dust; 5 coal quartz; 8 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 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 — 0 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 — 10 since 2021:** Inspections 42 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 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **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 75.702-1 — Protection other than grounding; approved by an authorized representative of the Secretary.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-H/section-75.702-1
- **30 CFR 75.601-1 — Short circuit protection; ratings and settings of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601-1
- **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 75.389 — Mining into inaccessible areas.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.389
- **30 CFR 75.372 — Mine ventilation map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.372
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.337 — Construction and repair of seals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.337
- **30 CFR 77.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.904
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-08-16 through 2023-08-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 111 rows; 2008-02-07 through 2022-02-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 48 rows; 2008-05-12 through 2008-10-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 1977-05-01 through 2021-06-07; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 42 rows; 2008-01-25 through 2023-03-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 161 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 8 rows; 2008-08-20 through 2008-08-26; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 5 rows; 2008-05-19 through 2008-10-06; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 114 rows; 2008-02-07 through 2022-02-22; 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/spring-branch-1510394`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/spring-branch-1510394`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1510394/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1510394/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1510394/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`