# Steel Gray

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3102315
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Dimension Stone NEC
- **Location:** Mitchell, NC
- **Operator:** Buechel Stone Corp.
- **Controller:** Shaun  Buechel; Dominique  Von Wald; Michael  Buechel
- **Public source rows linked:** 119
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Shaun  Buechel; Dominique  Von Wald; Michael  Buechel (0189781) → Buechel Stone Corp. (L03563) → Steel Gray (3102315)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Kenneth Lee  Pearson → Blue Ridge Mountain Stone, LLC:** 2017-09-01 through 2018-10-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 3102315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Scott  Buechel et al → Buechel Stone Corp.:** 2018-10-10 through 2025-01-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 3102315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael  Buechel et al → Buechel Stone Corp.:** 2018-10-10 through 2025-01-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 3102315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Timothy A  Buechel → Buechel Stone Corp.:** 2018-10-10 through 2016-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3102315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael  Buechel → Buechel Stone Corp.:** 2025-01-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3102315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Shaun  Buechel → Buechel Stone Corp.:** 2025-01-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3102315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dominique  Von Wald → Buechel Stone Corp.:** 2025-01-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3102315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 13
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 4 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 7 violation rows across the full record; 1 carry an S&S flag and $1,022 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 4 samples:** Occupational health samples 2 personal; 2 area. 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 — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 — 10 since 2021:** Inspections 15 inspection events and 127 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 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 56.6306 — Loading, blasting, and security.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-E/section-56.6306
- **30 CFR 56.18002 — Examination of working places.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18002
- **30 CFR 56.6102 — Explosive material storage practices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-E/section-56.6102
- **30 CFR 56.4102 — Spillage and leakage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4102

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-09-08 through 2025-09-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 2 rows; 2024-02-29 through 2024-02-29; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 7 rows; 2018-04-19 through 2025-09-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2024-12-18 through 2024-12-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2024-05-16 through 2024-05-16; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 3 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2017-09-01 through 2018-10-10; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 15 rows; 2018-04-18 through 2025-09-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 55 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`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Samples:** 2 rows; 2024-02-28 through 2024-02-28; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 7 rows; 2018-04-19 through 2025-09-04; 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/steel-gray-3102315`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/steel-gray-3102315`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3102315/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3102315/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3102315/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`