# Trap Branch Job

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518818
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Lawrence, KY
- **Operator:** Miller Bros. Coal LLC.
- **Controller:** Clearwater Natural Resources LP
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,421
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Clearwater Natural Resources LP (0051889) → Miller Bros. Coal LLC. (0062183) → Trap Branch Job (1518818)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Robert W  Miller Et Al → Miller Bros. Coal, Inc.:** 2004-11-19 through 2005-08-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518818; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dean  Miller Et Al → Miller Bros. Coal, Inc.:** 2004-11-19 through 2005-08-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518818; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Clearwater Natural Resources LP → Miller Bros Coal LLC:** 2005-08-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518818; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- 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 7 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 204 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 71 violation rows across the full record; 39 carry an S&S flag and $7,508 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 69 samples:** Occupational health samples 46 coal dust; 4 coal quartz; 19 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 341 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 54 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 23 contested-violation rows, 23 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 8 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 11 inspection events and 529 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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (6 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 7 rows; 2005-02-04 through 2007-07-12; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-09-10 through 2007-09-10; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 71 rows; 2004-12-18 through 2007-04-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 23 rows; 2005-07-11 through 2007-05-02; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 46 rows; 2004-12-21 through 2007-04-10; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 8 rows; 2005-02-09 through 2005-08-02; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 23 rows; 2004-12-18 through 2007-01-30; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 926 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 190 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2004-11-19 through 2005-08-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 11 rows; 2004-12-18 through 2007-04-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 19 rows; 2004-12-20 through 2007-01-30; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 4 rows; 2005-12-21 through 2007-04-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 71 rows; 2004-12-18 through 2007-04-23; 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/trap-branch-job-1518818`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/trap-branch-job-1518818`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518818/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518818/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518818/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`