# County Line Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517751
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Perry, KY
- **Operator:** Pine Branch Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Public source rows linked:** 757
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sev.en Global Investments a.s. (0158381) → Pine Branch Mining LLC (0125574) → County Line Mine (1517751)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Greg  Wells → Leslie Resources Inc:** 1996-02-01 through 2002-01-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517751; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Leslie Resources Inc:** 2002-01-10 through 2004-10-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517751; 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 1517751; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → ICG Hazard, LLC:** 2011-06-15 through 2014-04-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517751; 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 1517751; 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 1517751; 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 1517751; 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 1517751; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 19
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 81 violation rows across the full record; 28 carry an S&S flag and $15,909 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 77 samples:** Occupational health samples 41 coal dust; 36 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 6 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 20 employee hours and 1 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 — 6 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 31 inspection events and 706 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 48.31 — Hazard training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (3 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 77.410 — 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
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 48.28 — Annual refresher training of miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.28

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2006-03-11 through 2007-07-24; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-09-29 through 2014-09-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 81 rows; 2003-10-21 through 2008-12-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 41 rows; 2003-11-04 through 2009-02-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 356 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 68 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1996-02-01 through 2014-05-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 31 rows; 2002-02-12 through 2014-07-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 42 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 36 rows; 2003-11-04 through 2009-02-17; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 81 rows; 2003-10-21 through 2008-12-30; 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/county-line-mine-1517751`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/county-line-mine-1517751`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517751/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517751/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517751/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`