# S-4 Netley Branch

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517799
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Revelation Energy, LLC
- **Controller:** Jeffery A  Hoops
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,070
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jeffery A  Hoops (C15863) → Revelation Energy, LLC (0100767) → S-4 Netley Branch (1517799)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Thomas A  Potter et al → Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc:** 1996-06-01 through 1999-06-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517799; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John M  Potter et al → Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc:** 1996-06-01 through 1999-06-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517799; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc:** 1999-06-08 through 2003-06-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517799; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John C  Smith Jr → Appalachian Fuels LLC:** 2003-06-23 through 2006-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517799; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Energy Coal Resources Inc → Appalachian Fuels LLC:** 2006-01-17 through 2006-08-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517799; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Branham Mike → Kis-U Services Inc:** 2006-08-23 through 2007-05-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517799; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Energy Coal Resources Inc → Appalachian Fuels, LLC:** 2007-05-09 through 2010-04-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517799; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John C  Smith Jr → Appalachian Fuels, LLC:** 2007-05-09 through 2006-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517799; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Revelation Energy, LLC:** 2010-04-22 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517799; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 21
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 28 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,888 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 254 violation rows across the full record; 154 carry an S&S flag and $157,719 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 344 samples:** Occupational health samples 259 coal dust; 26 coal quartz; 59 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 7 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 — 24K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 11K employee hours and 24 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 14 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 21 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 99 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 71.500 — Sanitary toilet facilities at surface work sites; installation requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.500
- **30 CFR 77.1004 — Ground control; inspection and maintenance; general.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1004
- **30 CFR 71.600 — Drinking water; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-G/section-71.600
- **30 CFR 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 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 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 28 rows; 2001-01-29 through 2011-01-12; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-02-27 through 2013-02-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 250 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2013-02-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2012-12-03 through 2017-08-10; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 259 rows; 2000-01-20 through 2013-02-21; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2002-06-18 through 2007-02-09; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2010-12-29 through 2013-02-21; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,612 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 366 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 1996-06-01 through 2010-04-22; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 99 rows; 2000-01-28 through 2013-01-23; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 73 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **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:** 59 rows; 2001-06-21 through 2013-02-21; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 26 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2009-02-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 254 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2013-02-21; 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/s-4-netley-branch-1517799`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/s-4-netley-branch-1517799`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517799/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517799/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517799/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`