# Shop Br.

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519866
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Banner Blue Coal Company
- **Controller:** Jeffrey K Justus II
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,172
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jeffrey K Justus II (0115701) → Banner Blue Coal Company (0135913) → Shop Br. (1519866)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Metinvest B V → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2019-10-29 through 2024-04-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519866; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2019-10-29 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519866; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sam  Blankenship → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2019-10-29 through 2006-01-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519866; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary A  Horn → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2019-10-29 through 2005-10-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519866; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffrey K Justus II → Knox Operating, LLC:** 2024-04-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519866; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 12
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 144 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 144 violation rows across the full record; 24 carry an S&S flag and $26,145 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 680 samples:** Occupational health samples 634 coal dust; 23 coal quartz; 23 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 35 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 11 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 — 31 since 2021:** Inspections 33 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 61,210 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 26,079
- **Average employees:** 19
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## 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 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 75.1712-4 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1712-4
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.372 — Mine ventilation map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.372
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **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 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731
- **30 CFR 75.350 — Belt air course ventilation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.350

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-08-18 through 2025-08-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 139 rows; 2022-06-02 through 2026-01-20; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2026-04-21 through 2026-04-21; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 634 rows; 2023-07-31 through 2025-08-07; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 7 rows; 2024-12-23 through 2026-01-16; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2025-07-23 through 2025-08-07; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 106 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2019-10-29 through 2024-04-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 33 rows; 2019-12-06 through 2026-10-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 23 rows; 2023-08-11 through 2025-07-16; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 23 rows; 2023-09-08 through 2025-07-16; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 144 rows; 2022-06-02 through 2026-01-20; 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/shop-br-1519866`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/shop-br-1519866`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519866/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519866/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519866/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`