# Bull Branch Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519848
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Bell, KY
- **Operator:** TENNCO INC.
- **Controller:** Jack  Stump; Michael  Runyon
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,741
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jack  Stump; Michael  Runyon (0124921) → TENNCO INC. (0135993) → Bull Branch Mine (1519848)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Michael  Runyon et al → TENNCO INC.:** 2018-12-04 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519848; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jack  Stump et al → TENNCO INC.:** 2018-12-04 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519848; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Daris  Stump → TENNCO INC.:** 2018-12-04 through 2015-02-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519848; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jack  Stump Et Al → TENNCO INC.:** 2018-12-04 through 2016-03-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519848; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jackie (Mitch)  Fannin Et Al → TENNCO INC.:** 2018-12-04 through 2016-03-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519848; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 9
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 40 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 98 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 193 violation rows across the full record; 43 carry an S&S flag and $32,016 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 921 samples:** Occupational health samples 813 coal dust; 39 coal quartz; 69 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 1 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 — 26 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 75.1711-2 — Sealing of slope or drift openings.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711-2
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.1403-10 — Criteria—Haulage; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403-10
- **30 CFR 75.402 — Rock dusting.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.402
- **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 77.1606 — 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 77.404 — 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 75.362 — On-shift examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.362
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2019-01-15 through 2019-01-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-07-11 through 2024-07-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 185 rows; 2019-02-19 through 2024-07-03; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 813 rows; 2019-02-09 through 2023-12-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2019-04-22 through 2019-04-22; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 323 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 54 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2018-12-04 through 2018-12-04; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 48 rows; 2019-01-09 through 2024-07-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 69 rows; 2019-03-12 through 2023-12-08; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 39 rows; 2019-03-15 through 2023-12-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 193 rows; 2019-02-19 through 2024-07-03; 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/bull-branch-mine-1519848`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bull-branch-mine-1519848`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519848/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519848/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519848/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`