# Big Branch #34

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519906
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** B&W Resources Inc.
- **Controller:** Lipari Energy
- **Public source rows linked:** 944
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Lipari Energy (0079793) → B&W Resources Inc. (P24596) → Big Branch #34 (1519906)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Lipari Energy → B&W Resources Inc.:** 2021-09-03 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519906; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David  Wells → B&W Resources Inc.:** 2021-09-03 through 2008-09-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519906; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 5
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 — 5 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 60 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 78 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 78 violation rows across the full record; 23 carry an S&S flag and $37,005 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 206 samples:** Occupational health samples 153 coal dust; 15 coal quartz; 38 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — 61K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 22K employee hours and 39 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 12 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 6 contested-violation rows, 6 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 — 21 since 2021:** Inspections 21 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 362,467 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 101,614
- **Average employees:** 44
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **30 CFR 72.620 — Drill dust control at surface mines and surface areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.620
- **30 CFR 77.1005 — Scaling highwalls; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1005
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2022-08-03 through 2026-09-18; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2022-03-29 through 2022-03-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 76 rows; 2022-02-15 through 2026-04-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 6 rows; 2023-05-12 through 2025-12-11; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 153 rows; 2021-12-14 through 2026-08-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 6 rows; 2022-10-27 through 2025-04-15; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 421 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 96 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2021-09-03 through 2021-09-03; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 21 rows; 2022-02-14 through 2026-10-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 38 rows; 2022-02-16 through 2025-10-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 15 rows; 2022-02-16 through 2026-04-13; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 78 rows; 2022-02-15 through 2026-10-07; 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/big-branch-34-1519906`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/big-branch-34-1519906`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519906/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519906/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519906/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`