Data / Mines / Kentucky / Bull Branch Surface Mine
Bull Branch Surface Mine: 70 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Bull Branch Surface Mine is a nonproducing coal (bituminous) surface mine in Pike County, Kentucky, operated by CW Reclaim, LLC with 1 employee on MSHA's record (mine ID 1519905). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 70 citations and orders there with $31,863 in proposed penalties, and 4 accident reports were filed there, with 4 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1519905
- Status
- NonProducing since March 12, 2026
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Pike County, Kentucky
- Nearest town
- Phelps
- Operator
- CW Reclaim, LLC
- Employees
- 1
- MSHA field office
- Pikeville KY Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 70
- Significant and substantial
- 20 (28.6%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 4
- Proposed penalties
- $31,863
- Amount paid so far
- $15,010
- Inspections
- 14
- Inspector hours on site
- 493
- Citations per inspection
- 5.00 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 4
- Injury and illness cases
- 4
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- April 24, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 11 ($1,655 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | $399 | 1 |
| 2023 | 16 | 5 | $2,879 | 0 |
| 2024 | 15 | 5 | $12,119 | 3 |
| 2025 | 36 | 10 | $16,466 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Bull Branch Surface Mine
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 77.404 | Surface coal mines, safety | 17 |
| 30 CFR 77.1606 | Surface coal mines, safety | 13 |
| 30 CFR 77.1104 | Surface coal mines, safety | 10 |
| 30 CFR 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 10 |
| 30 CFR 48.31 | Training of miners | 4 |
| 30 CFR 77.1109 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 71.206 | Surface coal mines, health | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1000 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.400 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 71.501 | Surface coal mines, health | 1 |
| 30 CFR 71.100 | Surface coal mines, health | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1005 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.410 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1713 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.412 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Bull Branch Surface Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 2 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 2 |
What the accident reports at Bull Branch Surface Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Powered haulage | 3 |
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Bull Branch Surface Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 3 |
Other open mines in Pike County, Kentucky
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excel #5 | Excel Mining LLC | Pike County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 145 | 1,138 |
| Hunts Fork Glamorgan | Clintwood Jod, LLC | Pike County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 754 |
| Lick Creek Hagy | Clintwood Jod, LLC | Pike County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 477 |
| Mine #28 | Arc Kentucky Resources, LLC | Pike County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 3 | 414 |
| Aus #1 | Ebm Mining Operations, LLC | Pike County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 4 | 357 |
| Mine No 5 | Falcon Coal Corporation | Pike County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 323 |
| Second Fork Clintwood | CW Reclaim, LLC | Pike County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 293 |
| Cowpen Mine | Resurrection Coal, Inc. | Pike County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 255 |
| Mine #2 | Lighthouse Mining, Inc. | Pike County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 251 |
| Grassy #1 | Clintwood Jod, LLC | Pike County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 229 |
| No.4 | Trump Energy, Corp. | Pike County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 220 |
| Ce#2 | CW Reclaim, LLC | Pike County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 184 |
| Carnegie | Management Consulting Services LLC | Pike County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 162 |
| Shop Br. | Banner Blue Coal Company | Pike County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 138 |
| G5 Deepmine | Clintwood Jod, LLC | Pike County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 136 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.