# PINE BRANCH 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407224
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wise, VA
- **Operator:** CUMBERLAND COAL CORPORATION
- **Controller:** Keri Alyssa Findley
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,620
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Keri Alyssa Findley (0196660) → CUMBERLAND COAL CORPORATION (0205833) → PINE BRANCH 1 (4407224)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ashland Inc et al → Cumberland River Coal LLC:** 2008-04-30 through 2005-12-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Cumberland River Coal LLC:** 2008-04-30 through 2017-09-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Cumberland River Coal LLC:** 2017-09-14 through 2022-06-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lloyd  Hill et al → Coking Coal, LLC:** 2022-06-21 through 2019-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles  Whitfield et al → Coking Coal, LLC:** 2022-06-21 through 2019-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James  Chisholm et al → Coking Coal, LLC:** 2022-06-21 through 2019-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ascentia Inc → Coking Coal, LLC:** 2022-06-21 through 2025-11-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Keri Alyssa Findley → Cumberland Coal Corporation:** 2025-11-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407224; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 17
- Interval anomalies: 4
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 23 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 319 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 813 violation rows across the full record; 258 carry an S&S flag and $759,041 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 721 samples:** Occupational health samples 607 coal dust; 22 coal quartz; 92 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 18 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 358 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 164 contested-violation rows, 164 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 30 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 — 20 since 2021:** Inspections 136 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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 75.507-1 — Electric equipment other than power-connection points; outby the last open crosscut; return air; permissibility requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.507-1
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.900 — Low- and medium-voltage circuits serving three-phase alternating current equipment; circuit breakers.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.900

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 23 rows; 2010-07-08 through 2014-12-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-07-27 through 2026-07-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 787 rows; 2009-01-28 through 2015-09-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 164 rows; 2011-12-08 through 2015-09-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 607 rows; 2010-06-15 through 2014-07-16; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 30 rows; 2010-11-10 through 2014-08-22; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 164 rows; 2010-10-14 through 2014-10-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 537 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 97 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2008-04-30 through 2025-11-19; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 136 rows; 2008-06-12 through 2026-07-16; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 117 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 92 rows; 2010-07-21 through 2014-03-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 22 rows; 2010-06-17 through 2014-02-28; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 813 rows; 2009-01-28 through 2015-09-16; 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/pine-branch-1-4407224`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/pine-branch-1-4407224`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407224/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407224/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407224/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`