# No 7C - **MSHA mine ID:** 1518871 - **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed - **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous) - **Location:** Pike, KY - **Operator:** Dags Branch Coal Co Inc - **Controller:** James L Griffith - **Public source rows linked:** 262 - **Source coverage:** 15 / 20 - **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z ## Current entity hierarchy **James L Griffith (0043785) → Dags Branch Coal Co Inc (P22115) → No 7C (1518871)** Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim. ## Controller and operator valid-time history - **James L Griffith → Dags Branch Coal Co Inc:** 2005-05-12 through 2014-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518871; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Danny Justice → Dags Branch Coal Co Inc:** 2005-05-12 through 2004-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518871; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Herbert R Hamilton et al → Dags Branch Coal Co Inc:** 2015-01-01 through 2016-05-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518871; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **James L Griffith et al → Dags Branch Coal Co Inc:** 2015-01-01 through 2016-05-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518871; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **James L Griffith → Dags Branch Coal Co Inc:** 2016-05-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518871; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - History rows: 5 - Typed edges: 10 - Interval anomalies: 1 - 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 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 146 lost days across the published record. 2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 57 violation rows across the full record; 19 carry an S&S flag and $4,087 appears in current assessed amounts. 3. **HEALTH — 92 samples:** Occupational health samples 72 coal dust; 5 coal quartz; 15 noise. 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter. 5. **LEGAL — 1 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number. 6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 13 inspection events and 752 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 75.1103-8 — Automatic fire sensor and warning device systems; examination and test requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-8 - **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502 - **30 CFR 75.512-2 — Frequency of examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512-2 - **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 75.521 — Lightning arresters; ungrounded and exposed power conductors and telephone wires.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.521 - **30 CFR 75.1712-2 — Location of surface facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1712-2 - **30 CFR 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2 - **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503 - **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403 - **30 CFR 77.701 — 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-77/subpart-H/section-77.701 ## Source coverage - **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2006-06-13 through 2006-11-13; source ID `msha-accidents` - **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-04-25 through 2007-04-25; source ID `msha-addresses` - **Assessed Violations:** 56 rows; 2005-06-07 through 2006-10-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations` - **Coal Dust Samples:** 72 rows; 2005-08-01 through 2006-10-31; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples` - **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2006-05-23 through 2006-05-23; source ID `msha-conferences` - **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly` - **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly` - **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2005-05-12 through 2005-05-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history` - **Inspections:** 13 rows; 2005-05-17 through 2007-04-13; source ID `msha-inspections` - **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 18 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:** 15 rows; 2005-08-10 through 2006-10-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples` - **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 5 rows; 2005-08-10 through 2006-05-31; source ID `msha-quartz-samples` - **Violations:** 57 rows; 2005-06-07 through 2006-10-19; 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-7c-1518871` - JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-7c-1518871` - Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518871/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows) - Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518871/relationships` - MCP resource: `mine://1518871/assessment` - Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`