# Hampton Branch Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518980
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Floyd, KY
- **Operator:** Revelation Energy, LLC.
- **Controller:** Jeffery A  Hoops
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,262
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jeffery A  Hoops (C15863) → Revelation Energy, LLC. (0100767) → Hampton Branch Mine (1518980)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Clearwater Natural Resources LP → Miller Bros Coal LLC:** 2006-03-17 through 2010-01-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518980; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Resources LLC → Laurel Mountain Resources, LLC:** 2010-01-13 through 2011-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518980; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → James River Coal Service Company:** 2011-04-18 through 2015-01-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518980; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Revelation Energy, LLC.:** 2015-01-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518980; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 12
- 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 13 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 964 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 281 violation rows across the full record; 124 carry an S&S flag and $137,887 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 358 samples:** Occupational health samples 267 coal dust; 18 coal quartz; 73 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 8 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 — 84 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 38 contested-violation rows, 38 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 8 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 21 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 48 inspection events and 3K 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 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **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 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 13 rows; 2007-11-10 through 2015-09-04; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-03-11 through 2020-03-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 277 rows; 2006-09-21 through 2018-09-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 38 rows; 2008-12-10 through 2019-06-19; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 267 rows; 2007-03-26 through 2019-04-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 8 rows; 2008-09-09 through 2011-07-13; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 38 rows; 2007-09-17 through 2019-01-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,827 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 355 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2006-03-17 through 2015-01-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 48 rows; 2006-09-21 through 2019-03-13; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 73 rows; 2007-04-23 through 2019-03-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 18 rows; 2007-09-20 through 2018-09-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 281 rows; 2006-09-21 through 2018-09-04; 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/hampton-branch-mine-1518980`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/hampton-branch-mine-1518980`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518980/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518980/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518980/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`