# Smith Br

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406812
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** Banner Blue Coal Company
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,178
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → Banner Blue Coal Company (P21542) → Smith Br (4406812)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Gary A  Horn → Buchanan Production Company:** 1995-10-01 through 2001-01-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sam  Blankenship → S & B Coal Corp:** 2001-01-29 through 2002-09-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Fred D  Matney  et al → Nufac Mining, Inc.:** 2002-09-18 through 2003-09-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rick A  Matney  et al → Nufac Mining, Inc.:** 2002-09-18 through 2003-09-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hank K  Matney  et al → Nufac Mining, Inc.:** 2002-09-18 through 2003-09-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sam  Blankenship → S & B Coal Corporation:** 2003-09-19 through 2003-11-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sam  Blankenship → Black Canyon Mining Company:** 2003-11-03 through 2004-10-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jay  Wallace → Cat Bird Mining, Inc.:** 2004-10-18 through 2006-10-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2006-10-19 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sam  Blankenship → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2006-10-19 through 2006-01-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary A  Horn → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2006-10-19 through 2005-10-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2009-04-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 12
- Typed edges: 28
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 20 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 828 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 540 violation rows across the full record; 207 carry an S&S flag and $71,810 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 602 samples:** Occupational health samples 502 coal dust; 57 coal quartz; 43 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 9 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 — 79 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 65 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 11 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 125 inspection events and 4K 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 75.1101-8 — Water sprinkler systems; arrangement of sprinklers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-8
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **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
- **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 75.403 — 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 77.1600 — Loading and haulage; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1600
- **30 CFR 75.1002 — Installation of electric equipment and conductors; permissibility.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-K/section-75.1002
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 20 rows; 2000-05-12 through 2007-06-29; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2008-05-31 through 2008-05-31; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 528 rows; 2000-03-27 through 2008-02-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 65 rows; 2001-04-26 through 2010-09-09; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 502 rows; 2000-03-30 through 2008-01-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 11 rows; 2006-02-14 through 2008-02-04; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2007-06-06 through 2007-07-02; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 155 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 12 rows; 1995-10-01 through 2006-10-19; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 125 rows; 2000-03-22 through 2011-03-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 64 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 43 rows; 2000-03-28 through 2007-07-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 57 rows; 2000-07-12 through 2007-12-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 540 rows; 2000-03-27 through 2008-02-19; 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/smith-br-4406812`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/smith-br-4406812`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406812/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406812/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406812/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`