# No 5 - **MSHA mine ID:** 1517153 - **Status:** Abandoned - **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous) - **Location:** Pike, KY - **Operator:** Dags Branch Coal Company Inc - **Controller:** James L Griffith - **Public source rows linked:** 414 - **Source coverage:** 14 / 20 - **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z ## Current entity hierarchy **James L Griffith (0043785) → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc (P22115) → No 5 (1517153)** Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim. ## Controller and operator valid-time history - **Ronnie Thacker et al → South Fork Energies Inc:** 1991-10-01 through 1993-02-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Freddy Thacker et al → South Fork Energies Inc:** 1991-10-01 through 1993-02-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Roger Coleman → Gamble Coal Company Inc:** 1993-02-23 through 1997-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Danny Justice → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc:** 1997-07-23 through 2004-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **James L Griffith → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc:** 2004-07-01 through 2014-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **James L Griffith et al → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc:** 2015-01-01 through 2016-05-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Herbert R Hamilton et al → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc:** 2015-01-01 through 2016-05-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **James L Griffith → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc:** 2016-05-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - History rows: 8 - Typed edges: 17 - 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 24 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 266 lost days across the published record. 2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 56 violation rows across the full record; 28 carry an S&S flag and $7,477 appears in current assessed amounts. 3. **HEALTH — 172 samples:** Occupational health samples 151 coal dust; 14 coal quartz; 7 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 16K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 5K employee hours and 24 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter. 5. **LEGAL — 48 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 21 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 27 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 28 inspection events and 595 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 70.208 — Quarterly sampling; mechanized mining units.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-C/section-70.208 - **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 - **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370 - **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109 - **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605 - **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517 - **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503 - **30 CFR 75.515 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.515 - **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 70.101 — [Reserved]** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-B/section-70.101 - **30 CFR 77.504 — Electrical connections or splices; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.504 ## Source coverage - **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 24 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2001-10-10; source ID `msha-accidents` - **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2001-12-10 through 2001-12-10; source ID `msha-addresses` - **Assessed Violations:** 55 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2001-09-17; source ID `msha-assessed-violations` - **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 21 rows; 2000-12-04 through 2001-09-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions` - **Coal Dust Samples:** 151 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2001-09-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples` - **Conferences:** 27 rows; 2000-08-14 through 2001-03-29; source ID `msha-conferences` - **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1991-10-01 through 1997-07-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history` - **Inspections:** 28 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2001-10-22; source ID `msha-inspections` - **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly` - **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly` - **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines` - **Noise Samples:** 7 rows; 2001-01-31 through 2001-02-26; source ID `msha-noise-samples` - **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 14 rows; 2000-04-05 through 2001-06-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples` - **Violations:** 56 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2001-09-17; 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/no-5-1517153` - JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-5-1517153` - Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517153/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows) - Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517153/relationships` - MCP resource: `mine://1517153/assessment` - Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`