# Kentucky River Loading

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1513495
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Perry, KY
- **Operator:** Pine Branch Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Public source rows linked:** 7,770
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sev.en Global Investments a.s. (0158381) → Pine Branch Mining LLC (0125574) → Kentucky River Loading (1513495)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Kaneb Services Inc → Aceco Inc:** 1982-05-01 through 1985-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513495; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Williams Companies Inc → Aceco Inc:** 1985-07-01 through 1995-06-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513495; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Aceco Inc:** 1995-06-20 through 1996-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513495; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Greg  Wells → Leslie Resources Inc:** 1996-02-01 through 1998-03-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513495; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Leslie Resources Inc:** 1998-03-09 through 2004-10-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513495; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Coal Group Inc (ICG) → ICG Hazard, LLC:** 2004-10-03 through 2011-06-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513495; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → ICG Hazard, LLC:** 2011-06-15 through 2014-04-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513495; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Pine Branch Mining LLC:** 2014-05-01 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513495; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John M  Potter et al → Pine Branch Mining LLC:** 2014-05-01 through 2013-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513495; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas A  Potter et al → Pine Branch Mining LLC:** 2014-05-01 through 2013-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513495; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Pine Branch Mining LLC:** 2020-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513495; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 11
- Typed edges: 28
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 22 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,146 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 178 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,154 violation rows across the full record; 415 carry an S&S flag and $177,517 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 748 samples:** Occupational health samples 487 coal dust; 36 coal quartz; 225 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 9 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 8K employee hours and 14 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 167 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 72 contested-violation rows, 78 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 17 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 73 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 — 40 since 2021:** Inspections 168 inspection events and 7K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 34,171
- **Average employees:** 13
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (6 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **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 77.410 — 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:** 22 rows; 2000-04-25 through 2019-12-06; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1985-10-01 through 1985-10-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,138 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2026-07-15; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 78 rows; 2001-05-21 through 2017-10-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 487 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2026-07-31; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 17 rows; 2000-09-29 through 2022-06-07; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 72 rows; 2008-03-06 through 2017-01-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 3,397 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 748 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 11 rows; 1982-05-01 through 2014-05-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 168 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2026-10-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 171 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 44 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 225 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2026-07-07; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 36 rows; 2000-05-18 through 2025-05-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,154 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2026-07-15; 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/kentucky-river-loading-1513495`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/kentucky-river-loading-1513495`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1513495/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1513495/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1513495/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`