# Zack's Branch Surface Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609629
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Montito Resources
- **Controller:** Geoff  Coady
- **Public source rows linked:** 60
- **Source coverage:** 9 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Geoff  Coady (0170421) → Montito Resources (0183753) → Zack's Branch Surface Mine (4609629)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Geoff  Coady → Montito Resources:** 2022-06-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609629; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 13 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 13 violation rows across the full record; 3 carry an S&S flag and $8,773 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 0 samples:** Occupational health samples No published samples. 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 — 16 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 10 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 — 15 since 2021:** Inspections 15 inspection events and 107 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 71.209 — Status change reports.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.209
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 71.500 — Sanitary toilet facilities at surface work sites; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.500
- **30 CFR 71.600 — Drinking water; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-G/section-71.600
- **30 CFR 77.1702 — Arrangements for emergency medical assistance and transportation for injured persons; reporting requirements; posting requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1702
- **30 CFR 77.701-1 — Approved methods of grounding of equipment receiving power from ungrounded alternating current power systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-H/section-77.701-1
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 48.26 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.26
- **30 CFR 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-10-16 through 2024-10-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 13 rows; 2022-07-21 through 2022-07-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2023-03-03 through 2023-09-25; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 10 rows; 2022-12-21 through 2022-12-21; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2022-07-21 through 2022-07-21; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 2022-06-15 through 2022-06-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 15 rows; 2022-07-21 through 2026-06-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Violations:** 13 rows; 2022-07-21 through 2022-07-21; 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/zack-s-branch-surface-mine-4609629`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/zack-s-branch-surface-mine-4609629`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609629/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609629/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609629/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`