# Butcher Branch

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518924
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Bell, KY
- **Operator:** Linsco Energy, LLC
- **Controller:** Charles  Collins
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,731
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Charles  Collins (C14616) → Linsco Energy, LLC (0119409) → Butcher Branch (1518924)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Broe Companies Inc → Century Operations LLC:** 2005-09-15 through 2009-06-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518924; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles  Collins → Jadco Enterprises, Inc.:** 2009-06-05 through 2009-08-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518924; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Onzie  Sizemore et al → Red Bird Coal Co.:** 2009-08-17 through 2010-07-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518924; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Donnie  Wagers et al → Red Bird Coal Co.:** 2009-08-17 through 2010-07-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518924; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Douglas  McClain Jr et al → M3 Energy Resources, LLC:** 2010-07-28 through 2012-01-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518924; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jim  Miceli et al → M3 Energy Resources, LLC:** 2010-07-28 through 2012-01-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518924; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles  Collins → Linsco Energy, LLC:** 2012-01-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518924; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 17
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 16 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 534 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,083 violation rows across the full record; 498 carry an S&S flag and $699,976 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 592 samples:** Occupational health samples 503 coal dust; 29 coal quartz; 60 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 14 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 700 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 335 contested-violation rows, 335 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 30 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 66 inspection events and 6K 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 77.1701 — Emergency communications; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1701
- **30 CFR 75.1712-1 — Availability of surface bathing facilities; change rooms; and sanitary facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1712-1
- **30 CFR 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 77.807-1 — High-voltage powerlines; clearances above ground.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.807-1
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 16 rows; 2006-02-24 through 2010-10-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-07-09 through 2013-07-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 998 rows; 2006-01-10 through 2012-02-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 335 rows; 2007-02-16 through 2013-06-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 503 rows; 2006-02-15 through 2010-12-21; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 30 rows; 2006-03-15 through 2010-12-22; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 335 rows; 2006-01-26 through 2011-01-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 200 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 55 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2005-09-15 through 2012-01-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 66 rows; 2006-01-03 through 2013-07-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 60 rows; 2006-03-07 through 2010-12-21; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 29 rows; 2006-03-07 through 2010-12-21; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,083 rows; 2006-01-10 through 2012-02-08; 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/butcher-branch-1518924`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/butcher-branch-1518924`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518924/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518924/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518924/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`