# Hiram Fork

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406920
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** Banner Blue Coal Company
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,906
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → Banner Blue Coal Company (P21542) → Hiram Fork (4406920)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Southern Mining Co → Black Diamond Company:** 1998-07-01 through 1999-11-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pamela R  Case et al → Maranatha Mining & Leasing Inc:** 1999-11-16 through 2001-04-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Fred D  Matney  et al → Nufac Mining Inc:** 2001-04-26 through 2007-05-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hank K  Matney  et al → Nufac Mining Inc:** 2001-04-26 through 2007-05-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rick A  Matney  et al → Nufac Mining Inc:** 2001-04-26 through 2007-05-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Black Diamond Company:** 2006-01-02 through 1999-11-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Black Diamond Company:** 2007-05-23 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Southern Mining Co → Black Diamond Company:** 2007-05-23 through 2006-01-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Black Diamond Company:** 2009-04-30 through 1999-11-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Black Diamond Company:** 2009-04-30 through 2010-05-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dennis  Daniels → Tech Leasing & Rebuild LLC:** 2010-05-17 through 2007-12-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Willard H.  Cook → Tech Leasing & Rebuild LLC:** 2010-05-17 through 2010-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffrey K  Justus et al → Tech Leasing & Rebuild LLC:** 2010-05-17 through 2007-04-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Elizabeth K  Justus-Dickenson → Tech Leasing & Rebuild LLC:** 2010-07-01 through 2011-01-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Johnny  Goodman → Faith Resources, Inc.:** 2011-01-03 through 2013-03-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2013-03-22 through 2013-05-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2013-03-22 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sam  Blankenship → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2013-03-22 through 2006-01-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary A  Horn → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2013-03-22 through 2005-10-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J B  Wallace → Hanna Coal Company, Inc.:** 2013-05-09 through 2014-08-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Henry  Cantrell et al → D&H Mining, Inc.:** 2014-08-14 through 2018-02-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Daniel Ray  Tucker et al → D&H Mining, Inc.:** 2014-08-14 through 2018-02-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Daniel Ray  Tucker → D&H Mining, Inc.:** 2018-02-13 through 2018-08-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2018-08-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2018-08-08 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sam  Blankenship → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2018-08-08 through 2006-01-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary A  Horn → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2018-08-08 through 2005-10-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406920; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 27
- Typed edges: 53
- Interval anomalies: 11
- 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 9 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 166 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 829 violation rows across the full record; 262 carry an S&S flag and $328,479 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 971 coal dust; 60 coal quartz; 88 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 — 9K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 8K employee hours and 13 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 248 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 120 contested-violation rows, 119 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 9 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 8 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 142 inspection events and 7K 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 70.209 — Quarterly sampling; designated areas.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-C/section-70.209
- **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 75.321 — Air quality.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.321
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **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 75.1702 — Smoking; prohibition.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1702
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 9 rows; 2000-03-24 through 2014-11-23; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-10-15 through 2021-10-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 810 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2018-07-17; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 119 rows; 2012-07-06 through 2015-10-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 971 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2018-04-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 9 rows; 2000-05-25 through 2018-01-04; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 120 rows; 2010-10-26 through 2015-08-31; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 480 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 120 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 27 rows; 1998-07-01 through 2018-08-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 142 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2018-07-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 97 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 23 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 88 rows; 2000-03-28 through 2018-04-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 60 rows; 2000-03-22 through 2018-04-17; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 829 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2018-07-17; 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/hiram-fork-4406920`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/hiram-fork-4406920`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406920/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406920/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406920/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`