# Candice 2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608429
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** Long Branch Energy
- **Controller:** Long Branch Energy Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 6,296
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Long Branch Energy Corporation (C13737) → Long Branch Energy (P20124) → Candice 2 (4608429)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Chris  Cline → Mystic Energy Incorporated:** 1994-08-01 through 2003-07-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608429; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rainbow Trout Coal LLC → Mystic LLC:** 2003-07-03 through 2006-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608429; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Long Branch Energy Corporation → Long Branch Energy:** 2007-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608429; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 163 historical accident/injury rows; 2 coded fatalities and 6,599 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 886 violation rows across the full record; 381 carry an S&S flag and $219,991 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,633 coal dust; 179 coal quartz; 102 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 21 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 424 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 199 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 16 contested-violation rows, 132 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 51 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 11 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 123 inspection events and 10K 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 77.208 — 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 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 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.605 — Clamping of trailing cables to equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.605
- **30 CFR 75.1107-9 — Dry chemical devices; capacity; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-9
- **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 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **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 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 163 rows; 2000-03-13 through 2009-03-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2012-10-05 through 2012-10-05; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 864 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2012-06-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 132 rows; 2004-08-25 through 2011-05-27; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,633 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2009-03-13; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 51 rows; 2000-10-02 through 2007-03-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 16 rows; 2006-04-07 through 2008-10-23; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,703 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 305 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1994-08-01 through 2007-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 123 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2012-12-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 114 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 102 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2008-10-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 179 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2009-03-13; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 886 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2012-06-05; 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/candice-2-4608429`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/candice-2-4608429`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608429/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608429/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608429/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`