# BEAR BRANCH 2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518565
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Perry, KY
- **Operator:** Blue Diamond Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Public source rows linked:** 34,086
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sev.en Global Investments a.s. (0158381) → Blue Diamond Mining LLC (0134733) → BEAR BRANCH 2 (1518565)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **TECO Energy Inc → Perry County Coal, LLC.:** 2002-08-28 through 2015-09-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518565; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cambrian Coal Corp → Perry County Coal, LLC.:** 2015-09-21 through 2019-06-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518565; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Perry County Coal, LLC.:** 2019-06-16 through 2019-09-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518565; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Resources Corporation → Perry County Resources:** 2019-09-27 through 2020-03-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518565; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Resources Corporation → Perry County Coal, LLC.:** 2019-10-01 through 2019-09-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518565; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Paul M  Hogg → Jarisa Inc.:** 2020-03-09 through 2021-03-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518565; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Blue Diamond Mining LLC:** 2021-03-25 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518565; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Blue Diamond Mining LLC:** 2021-03-25 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518565; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Larissa  Bailey et al → Jarisa Inc.:** 2025-03-19 through 2021-03-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518565; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jason  Hogg et al → Jarisa Inc.:** 2025-03-19 through 2021-03-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518565; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 23
- Interval anomalies: 4
- 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 — 31 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 331 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 9,579 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 2,219 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 6,422 violation rows across the full record; 1,439 carry an S&S flag and $2,908,630 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 12K samples:** Occupational health samples 10,368 coal dust; 593 coal quartz; 923 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 160 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 — 63K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 43K employee hours and 76 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 5,117 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2,334 contested-violation rows, 2,347 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 436 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 19 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 — 316 since 2021:** Inspections 969 inspection events and 56K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 447,758 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 336,044
- **Average employees:** 127
- **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 75.1107-4 — Automatic fire sensors and manual actuators; installation; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-4
- **30 CFR 75.1714 — Availability of approved self-rescue devices; instruction in use and location.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714
- **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 75.1600 — Communications.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-Q/section-75.1600
- **30 CFR 75.340 — Underground electrical installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.340
- **30 CFR 75.203 — Mining methods.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.203
- **30 CFR 75.900 — Low- and medium-voltage circuits serving three-phase alternating current equipment; circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.900
- **30 CFR 75.1103-5 — Automatic fire warning devices; actions and response.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-5
- **30 CFR 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **30 CFR 75.807 — Installation of high-voltage transmission cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-I/section-75.807

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 331 rows; 2002-09-13 through 2025-10-23; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-05-11 through 2020-05-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 6,324 rows; 2002-10-21 through 2026-08-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2,347 rows; 2004-06-17 through 2026-03-02; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 10,368 rows; 2002-11-27 through 2026-10-07; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 436 rows; 2002-11-22 through 2026-08-31; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2,334 rows; 2004-10-12 through 2026-07-08; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,254 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 533 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 2002-08-28 through 2021-03-25; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 969 rows; 2002-09-24 through 2026-10-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 191 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 49 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 923 rows; 2003-04-02 through 2026-08-24; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 593 rows; 2002-12-17 through 2026-07-30; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 6,422 rows; 2002-10-21 through 2026-10-08; 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/bear-branch-2-1518565`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bear-branch-2-1518565`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518565/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518565/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518565/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`