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Pine Branch Mining LLC: 5 open mines, 458 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Pine Branch Mining LLC (MSHA operator ID 0125574) operates 5 open mines with 107 employees in Kentucky, mostly coal (bituminous). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued it 458 citations and orders with $214,726 in proposed penalties, and it reported 8 injury or illness cases, 1 of them fatal. Data from MSHA, November 6, 2026.
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- MSHA operator ID
- 0125574
- Open mines
- 5
- Employees at open mines
- 107
- States
- Kentucky
- Parent company
- Sev.en Global Investments A.s.
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 458
- Significant and substantial
- 77 (16.8%)
- Closure orders
- 10
- High negligence or reckless
- 5
- Proposed penalties
- $214,726
- Amount paid so far
- $190,554
- Inspections
- 124
- Inspector hours on site
- 5,723
- Citations per inspection
- 3.69 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 8
- Injury and illness cases
- 8
- Fatalities
- 1
- Latest MSHA record
- November 4, 2026
Open mines of Pine Branch Mining LLC
Ranked by citations since January 1, 2022.
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Mac & Nellie | Pine Branch Mining LLC | Perry County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 82 | 258 |
| Kentucky River Loading | Pine Branch Mining LLC | Perry County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 10 | 135 |
| Combs Branch Job | Pine Branch Mining LLC | Perry County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 13 | 63 |
| Thunder Ridge | Pine Branch Mining LLC | Leslie County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 2 |
| Rowdy Gap Mine | Pine Branch Mining LLC | Perry County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 0 |
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 | 112 | 26 | $49,832 | 0 |
| 2023 | 117 | 16 | $44,860 | 1 |
| 2024 | 114 | 21 | $88,427 | 1 |
| 2025 | 60 | 8 | $15,165 | 2 |
| 2026 | 55 | 6 | $16,442 | 4 |
Standards cited most at Pine Branch Mining LLC
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 77.1606 | Surface coal mines, safety | 124 |
| 30 CFR 77.1104 | Surface coal mines, safety | 70 |
| 30 CFR 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 53 |
| 30 CFR 77.410 | Surface coal mines, safety | 25 |
| 30 CFR 77.404 | Surface coal mines, safety | 21 |
| 30 CFR 77.1110 | Surface coal mines, safety | 12 |
| 30 CFR 77.400 | Surface coal mines, safety | 12 |
| 30 CFR 77.1607 | Surface coal mines, safety | 11 |
| 30 CFR 77.205 | Surface coal mines, safety | 10 |
| 30 CFR 72.620 | Part 72 | 10 |
| 30 CFR 77.200 | Surface coal mines, safety | 9 |
| 30 CFR 77.216 | Surface coal mines, safety | 8 |
| 30 CFR 77.502 | Surface coal mines, safety | 7 |
| 30 CFR 77.202 | Surface coal mines, safety | 6 |
| 30 CFR 77.208 | Surface coal mines, safety | 5 |
Injury and illness cases at Pine Branch Mining LLC
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Fatality | 1 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 5 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 2 |
What the accident reports at Pine Branch Mining LLC describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 2 |
| Slip or fall of person | 2 |
| Powered haulage | 1 |
| Fire | 1 |
| Falling/sliding/rolling materials | 1 |
| Machinery | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Pine Branch Mining LLC
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Front-end loader | 3 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 2 |
Commodities
| Main commodity | Open mines |
|---|---|
| Coal (bituminous) | 5 |
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.