# Pete's Branch Surface Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4607695
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** REFLECTANCE ENERGY LLC
- **Controller:** David Michael  Jamison; Petri E Koivula
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,844
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**David Michael  Jamison; Petri E Koivula (0170221) → REFLECTANCE ENERGY LLC (0179013) → Pete's Branch Surface Mine (4607695)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ellis Wayne → Donnaway Coal Inc:** 1989-04-01 through 2008-05-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607695; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Industries Inc → Hampden Coal Company LLC:** 2008-05-09 through 2008-09-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607695; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Resources LLC → Chafin Branch Coal Co LLC:** 2008-09-30 through 2011-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607695; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Industries Inc → Chafin Branch Coal Co LLC:** 2008-09-30 through 2007-07-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607695; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Hampden Coal Company LLC:** 2011-04-18 through 2008-09-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607695; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Chafin Branch Coal Co LLC:** 2011-04-18 through 2014-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607695; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Chafin Branch Coal Co LLC:** 2014-09-01 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607695; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Chafin Branch Coal Co LLC:** 2020-06-01 through 2021-08-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607695; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Scott  Kiscaden → REFLECTANCE ENERGY LLC:** 2021-08-31 through 2025-10-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607695; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Petri E Koivula et al → REFLECTANCE ENERGY LLC:** 2025-10-03 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607695; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David Michael  Jamison et al → REFLECTANCE ENERGY LLC:** 2025-10-03 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607695; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 11
- Typed edges: 25
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 20 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 110 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 158 violation rows across the full record; 44 carry an S&S flag and $62,176 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 182 samples:** Occupational health samples 140 coal dust; 8 coal quartz; 34 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 45 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 16 contested-violation rows, 16 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 13 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 — 17 since 2021:** Inspections 38 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 199,568 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 75,230
- **Average employees:** 27
- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 77.1605 — 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 77.1104 — 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
- **30 CFR 77.1004 — Ground control; inspection and maintenance; general.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1004
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2012-01-25 through 2012-02-10; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-02-04 through 2025-02-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 153 rows; 2008-11-19 through 2025-05-20; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 16 rows; 2013-03-13 through 2025-05-21; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 140 rows; 2009-02-17 through 2025-05-29; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 13 rows; 2014-02-28 through 2017-06-01; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 16 rows; 2012-04-11 through 2025-01-29; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,049 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 188 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 11 rows; 1989-04-01 through 2021-08-31; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 38 rows; 2008-11-12 through 2026-04-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 34 rows; 2008-11-19 through 2025-05-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 8 rows; 2022-06-23 through 2024-07-23; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 158 rows; 2008-11-19 through 2025-05-20; 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/pete-s-branch-surface-mine-4607695`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/pete-s-branch-surface-mine-4607695`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4607695/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4607695/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4607695/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`