# Berry Branch Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608744
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Lincoln, WV
- **Operator:** Hobet Mining, Inc.
- **Controller:** 
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,178
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

** () → Hobet Mining, Inc. (P06873) → Berry Branch Mine (4608744)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Clarence R  Peters et al → Laurel Coal Corp:** 1998-11-01 through 2002-04-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608744; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard N  Nester et al → Laurel Coal Corp:** 1998-11-01 through 2002-04-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608744; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronnie G  Cornett et al → CMP Mining, LLC:** 2002-04-16 through 2002-10-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608744; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashland Inc et al → Hobet Mining, Inc.:** 2002-10-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608744; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- 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 17 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 482 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 156 violation rows across the full record; 90 carry an S&S flag and $19,596 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 218 samples:** Occupational health samples 185 coal dust; 23 coal quartz; 10 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 9 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 — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 40 inspection events and 1K 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 75.701 — Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-H/section-75.701
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **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 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **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 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 75.340 — Underground electrical installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.340
- **30 CFR 75.1107-4 — Automatic fire sensors and manual actuators; installation; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-4
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 17 rows; 2000-02-11 through 2002-07-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2002-12-12 through 2002-12-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 153 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2002-09-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 185 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2002-08-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 456 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 89 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1998-11-01 through 2002-10-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 40 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2002-12-13; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 34 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 10 rows; 2000-03-29 through 2001-04-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 23 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2001-09-17; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 156 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2002-09-23; 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/berry-branch-mine-4608744`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/berry-branch-mine-4608744`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608744/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608744/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608744/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`