# Lynn Branch Mine No 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517605
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Letcher, KY
- **Operator:** Coastal Coal Company, LLC
- **Controller:** El Paso Energy Corp
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,336
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**El Paso Energy Corp (C01883) → Coastal Coal Company, LLC (P24015) → Lynn Branch Mine No 1 (1517605)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Gary T  Rutherford → Iva Coal Inc:** 1994-10-01 through 1996-02-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517605; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **El Paso Energy Corp → Enterprise Coal Company:** 1996-02-09 through 1996-03-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517605; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronald S  Ratliff → R S Mining Inc:** 1996-03-20 through 1997-04-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517605; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **El Paso Energy Corp → Coastal Coal Company, LLC:** 1997-05-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517605; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 12
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 9 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 212 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 291 violation rows across the full record; 170 carry an S&S flag and $56,726 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 406 samples:** Occupational health samples 324 coal dust; 49 coal quartz; 33 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 14 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 — 4 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 80 inspection events and 2K 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 75.1702-1 — Smoking programs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1702-1
- **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 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.388 — Boreholes in advance of mining.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.388
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.701 — Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-H/section-75.701
- **30 CFR 75.507-1 — Electric equipment other than power-connection points; outby the last open crosscut; return air; permissibility requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.507-1
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.515 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.515

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 9 rows; 2000-09-18 through 2002-05-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2002-11-07 through 2002-11-07; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 287 rows; 2000-02-18 through 2002-07-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 324 rows; 2000-01-31 through 2002-07-10; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2000-07-25 through 2002-02-04; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 177 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 39 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1994-10-01 through 1997-05-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 80 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2002-09-23; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 29 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 33 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2002-06-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 49 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2002-07-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 291 rows; 2000-02-18 through 2002-07-08; 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/lynn-branch-mine-no-1-1517605`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/lynn-branch-mine-no-1-1517605`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517605/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517605/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517605/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`