# Marion Branch

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518100
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** CAM Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Rhino Resource Partners LP
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,912
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Rhino Resource Partners LP (0098293) → CAM Mining LLC (0051241) → Marion Branch (1518100)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Iracoal Incorporated → Lodestar Energy, Inc:** 1998-09-01 through 2003-04-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518100; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ocie A  May → M & D Pipeline Inc:** 2003-04-04 through 2003-07-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518100; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Susan  Branham → M & D Pipeline Inc:** 2003-07-14 through 2005-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518100; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wexford Capital LLC → CAM Mining LLC:** 2005-11-09 through 2010-10-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518100; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhino Resource Partners LP → CAM Mining LLC:** 2010-10-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518100; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 13
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 14 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 309 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 227 violation rows across the full record; 93 carry an S&S flag and $80,897 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 165 samples:** Occupational health samples 110 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 52 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 10 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 — 32 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 6 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 21 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 18 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 74 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 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 77.216 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; general.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — 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.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **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:** 14 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2010-12-06; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2012-07-23 through 2012-07-23; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 208 rows; 2003-07-11 through 2011-10-25; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2007-08-03 through 2011-06-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 110 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2010-08-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 21 rows; 2003-09-08 through 2005-08-04; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 6 rows; 2003-08-05 through 2010-08-20; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,745 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 360 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1998-09-01 through 2005-11-09; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 74 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2012-07-20; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 65 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 15 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 52 rows; 2004-03-11 through 2010-02-04; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2005-06-22 through 2007-12-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 227 rows; 2003-07-11 through 2011-10-25; 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/marion-branch-1518100`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/marion-branch-1518100`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518100/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518100/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518100/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`