# Tip Top Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518613
- **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:** 2,482
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sev.en Global Investments a.s. (0158381) → Pine Branch Mining LLC (0125574) → Tip Top Mine (1518613)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Leslie Resources, Inc.:** 2003-02-19 through 2004-10-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518613; 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 1518613; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → ICG Hazard, LLC:** 2011-06-15 through 2014-04-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518613; 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 1518613; 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 1518613; 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 1518613; 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 1518613; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 16
- 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 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 281 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 199 violation rows across the full record; 101 carry an S&S flag and $66,020 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 162 samples:** Occupational health samples 97 coal dust; 9 coal quartz; 56 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 9 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 — 19 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 6 contested-violation rows, 6 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 17 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 33 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 62.120 — Action level.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.120
- **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 77.1605 — 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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **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 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **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 71.500 — Sanitary toilet facilities at surface work sites; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.500
- **30 CFR 77.1707 — First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1707

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2008-05-09 through 2010-01-18; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-09-29 through 2014-09-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 198 rows; 2004-03-02 through 2011-05-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 6 rows; 2008-03-07 through 2008-03-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 97 rows; 2004-08-09 through 2010-10-25; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 7 rows; 2004-04-14 through 2011-12-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 6 rows; 2007-06-04 through 2007-06-04; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,466 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 349 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2003-02-19 through 2014-05-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 33 rows; 2003-02-20 through 2014-09-19; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 34 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:** 56 rows; 2004-08-09 through 2011-05-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 9 rows; 2005-04-18 through 2009-11-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 199 rows; 2004-03-02 through 2011-05-11; 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/tip-top-mine-1518613`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/tip-top-mine-1518613`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518613/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518613/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518613/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`