# Pegs Branch

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519711
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** DALCO CORPORATION
- **Controller:** Stephen F  Carey
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,224
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Stephen F  Carey (0137581) → DALCO CORPORATION (0147173) → Pegs Branch (1519711)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Eddie  Hurley → Mountain Reclamation and Construction LLC:** 2013-07-19 through 2015-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519711; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John W  Cottrell → Renergy Kentucky Inc:** 2015-07-23 through 2016-09-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519711; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dalton  Hopkins → DALCO CORPORATION:** 2016-09-21 through 2017-09-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519711; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Stephen F  Carey → DALCO CORPORATION:** 2017-09-11 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519711; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 11
- 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 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 20 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 28 violation rows across the full record; 5 carry an S&S flag and $3,597 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 65 samples:** Occupational health samples 41 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 21 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 — 40K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 8K employee hours and 16 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 3 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 24 inspection events and 617 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 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 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **30 CFR 72.100 — Periodic examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-B/section-72.100
- **30 CFR 71.201 — Sampling; general and technical requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.201
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 62.130 — Permissible exposure level.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.130
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2014-06-11 through 2017-11-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-08-15 through 2023-08-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 28 rows; 2014-03-24 through 2018-05-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 41 rows; 2014-03-24 through 2018-05-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2014-07-21 through 2014-10-07; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 858 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 187 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2013-07-19 through 2016-09-21; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 24 rows; 2013-09-24 through 2020-02-03; 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:** 21 rows; 2014-03-24 through 2018-02-28; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2015-10-15 through 2018-02-28; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 28 rows; 2014-03-24 through 2018-05-02; 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/pegs-branch-1519711`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/pegs-branch-1519711`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519711/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519711/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519711/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`