# Pearly Br

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4405444
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** The Black Diamond Company
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 312
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → The Black Diamond Company (P17538) → Pearly Br (4405444)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Tommy Joe  Owens → M & T Coal Company Inc:** 1980-06-01 through 1981-04-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Matney Roger → Phoenix Colleries Inc:** 1981-04-13 through 1982-03-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Wellmore Coal Corp:** 1982-03-22 through 1994-03-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James Wayne  Estep → H O M Coal Company Inc:** 1994-03-22 through 1998-09-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary A  Horn → Raintree Coal Company:** 1998-09-14 through 1999-12-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Fred D  Matney  et al → Nufac Mining Inc:** 1999-12-27 through 2007-02-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hank K  Matney  et al → Nufac Mining Inc:** 1999-12-27 through 2007-02-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rick A  Matney  et al → Nufac Mining Inc:** 1999-12-27 through 2007-02-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → The Black Diamond Company:** 2007-02-26 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Southern Mining Co → The Black Diamond Company:** 2007-02-26 through 2006-01-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → The Black Diamond Company:** 2009-04-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 11
- Typed edges: 27
- 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 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 66 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 47 violation rows across the full record; 13 carry an S&S flag and $3,196 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 137 samples:** Occupational health samples 105 coal dust; 24 coal quartz; 8 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 4 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 — 1 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 43 inspection events and 665 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 77.509 — Transformers; installation and guarding.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.509
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.1103-11 — Tests of fire hydrants and fire hose; record of tests.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-11
- **30 CFR 75.1103-8 — Automatic fire sensor and warning device systems; examination and test requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-8
- **30 CFR 75.312 — Main mine fan examinations and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.312
- **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 75.503 — 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 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2000-05-29 through 2001-01-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2002-09-26 through 2002-09-26; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 46 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2003-02-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 105 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2001-02-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2000-06-27 through 2000-06-27; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 11 rows; 1980-06-01 through 2007-02-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 43 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2003-02-21; 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:** 8 rows; 2000-02-17 through 2000-09-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 24 rows; 2000-01-27 through 2000-12-22; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 47 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2003-02-21; 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/pearly-br-4405444`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/pearly-br-4405444`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4405444/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4405444/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4405444/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`