# Grapevine Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519188
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Banner Blue Coal Company
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,230
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → Banner Blue Coal Company (P21542) → Grapevine Mine (1519188)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **United  Company → Surface Minerals Company:** 2008-02-26 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519188; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth L  Stacy → Surface Minerals Company:** 2008-02-26 through 2006-02-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519188; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Surface Minerals Company:** 2009-04-30 through 2011-01-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519188; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Douglas K  Tackett → Mercy Mining, LLC:** 2011-01-10 through 2011-12-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519188; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Sapphire Coal Company:** 2011-12-13 through 2012-03-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519188; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Sapphire Coal Company:** 2011-12-13 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519188; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Wellmore Coal Corporation:** 2012-03-08 through 2014-02-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519188; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Wellmore Coal Corporation:** 2012-03-08 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519188; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Southern Mining Co → Wellmore Coal Corporation:** 2012-03-08 through 2006-01-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519188; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bee  Handshoe → Bee, B & B, LLC:** 2014-02-14 through 2016-02-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519188; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2016-02-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519188; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2016-02-02 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519188; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sam  Blankenship → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2016-02-02 through 2006-01-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519188; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary A  Horn → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2016-02-02 through 2005-10-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519188; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Josh  Young → Bee, B & B, LLC:** 2019-03-07 through 2016-02-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519188; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 15
- Typed edges: 33
- Interval anomalies: 8
- 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 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 102 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 360 violation rows across the full record; 112 carry an S&S flag and $161,242 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 200 samples:** Occupational health samples 170 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 27 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 — 46 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 20 contested-violation rows, 20 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 75 inspection events and 3K 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 75.503 — 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 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.1714-2 — Self-rescue devices; use and location requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-2
- **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **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 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **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 75.202 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2012-01-19 through 2012-06-26; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-04-14 through 2016-04-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 344 rows; 2010-06-03 through 2015-03-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 20 rows; 2013-03-26 through 2015-10-26; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 170 rows; 2011-07-26 through 2015-02-16; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2012-04-05 through 2014-12-19; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 20 rows; 2012-01-20 through 2015-02-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 95 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 15 rows; 2008-02-26 through 2016-02-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 75 rows; 2008-08-25 through 2016-04-13; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 53 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 27 rows; 2011-09-07 through 2015-01-28; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2012-04-10 through 2015-01-28; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 360 rows; 2010-06-03 through 2015-03-02; 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/grapevine-mine-1519188`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/grapevine-mine-1519188`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519188/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519188/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519188/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`