# Jennie Branch Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519768
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Bell, KY
- **Operator:** Tennco, Inc.
- **Controller:** Jack  Stump; Michael  Runyon
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,786
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jack  Stump; Michael  Runyon (0124921) → Tennco, Inc. (0135993) → Jennie Branch Mine (1519768)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Daris  Stump → Tennco, Inc.:** 2014-11-17 through 2015-02-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519768; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jack  Stump Et Al → Tennco, Inc.:** 2015-02-16 through 2016-03-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519768; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jackie (Mitch)  Fannin Et Al → Tennco, Inc.:** 2015-02-16 through 2016-03-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519768; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael  Runyon et al → Tennco, Inc.:** 2016-03-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519768; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jack  Stump et al → Tennco, Inc.:** 2016-03-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519768; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 10 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 40 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 254 violation rows across the full record; 62 carry an S&S flag and $49,356 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 909 samples:** Occupational health samples 783 coal dust; 39 coal quartz; 87 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 12 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 — 20 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 7 contested-violation rows, 7 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 4K 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 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 77.500 — Electric power circuits and electric equipment; deenergization.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.500
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **30 CFR 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **30 CFR 75.601-1 — Short circuit protection; ratings and settings of circuit breakers.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601-1
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **30 CFR 75.211 — Roof testing and scaling.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.211

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 10 rows; 2015-01-13 through 2018-03-16; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2019-09-20 through 2019-09-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 244 rows; 2015-02-04 through 2018-12-03; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2017-06-27 through 2017-07-26; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 783 rows; 2013-05-12 through 2018-10-26; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2015-09-30 through 2017-11-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 7 rows; 2016-11-08 through 2017-01-31; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 237 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 47 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2014-11-17 through 2014-11-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 48 rows; 2015-01-05 through 2019-07-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 87 rows; 2015-02-10 through 2018-10-03; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 39 rows; 2015-02-10 through 2018-10-03; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 254 rows; 2015-01-13 through 2018-12-03; 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/jennie-branch-mine-1519768`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/jennie-branch-mine-1519768`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519768/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519768/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519768/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`