# Dry Branch

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519027
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Clay, KY
- **Operator:** GCIE, INC.
- **Controller:** Ilia  Kikozashvili
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,033
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ilia  Kikozashvili (0138501) → GCIE, INC. (0155213) → Dry Branch (1519027)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Frank H  Ikerd III → Ikerd Mining Co LLC:** 2006-07-27 through 2011-11-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519027; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Royal Coal Corporation → CDR Operations, Inc.:** 2011-11-04 through 2012-03-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519027; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Frank H  Ikerd III → Ikerd Mining LLC:** 2012-03-08 through 2013-10-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519027; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alon  Ballenger → Job Land Mining of Kentucky, LLC.:** 2013-10-23 through 2018-01-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519027; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ilia  Kikozashvili → GCIE, INC.:** 2018-01-22 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519027; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 14
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 79 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 49 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 186 violation rows across the full record; 95 carry an S&S flag and $146,843 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 175 samples:** Occupational health samples 107 coal dust; 10 coal quartz; 58 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 3K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 9K employee hours and 19 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 13 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 8 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 — 12 since 2021:** Inspections 48 inspection events and 2K 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 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 77.1707 — First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1707
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **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 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2011-02-15 through 2011-02-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-02-02 through 2024-02-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 178 rows; 2006-08-30 through 2022-12-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2011-05-06 through 2013-10-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 107 rows; 2006-09-25 through 2022-11-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2010-02-12 through 2010-03-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 8 rows; 2009-10-13 through 2013-02-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 297 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 49 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2006-07-27 through 2018-01-22; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 48 rows; 2006-08-30 through 2024-01-31; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 69 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 58 rows; 2006-09-25 through 2022-11-28; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 10 rows; 2008-11-17 through 2022-11-28; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 186 rows; 2006-08-30 through 2022-12-16; 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/dry-branch-1519027`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/dry-branch-1519027`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519027/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519027/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519027/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`