# Bristol Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406976
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** Black Diamond Company
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 305
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → Black Diamond Company (P17538) → Bristol Mine (4406976)**

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:** 1999-12-01 through 2000-05-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary A  Horn → Raintree Coal Company:** 2000-05-30 through 2000-06-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Fred D  Matney  et al → Bristol Coal Corp:** 2000-06-21 through 2004-09-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hank K  Matney  et al → Bristol Coal Corp:** 2000-06-21 through 2004-09-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rick A  Matney  et al → Bristol Coal Corp:** 2000-06-21 through 2004-09-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Southern Mining Co → Black Diamond Company:** 2004-09-29 through 2006-01-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Black Diamond Company:** 2006-01-02 through 2000-05-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Black Diamond Company:** 2006-01-02 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Black Diamond Company:** 2009-04-30 through 2000-05-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Black Diamond Company:** 2009-04-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 19
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 187 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 45 violation rows across the full record; 18 carry an S&S flag and $3,093 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 137 samples:** Occupational health samples 124 coal dust; 7 coal quartz; 6 noise. 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 — 9K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 4K employee hours and 10 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 44 inspection events and 602 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 75.1711-3 — Openings of active mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711-3
- **30 CFR 75.1403-10 — Criteria—Haulage; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403-10
- **30 CFR 75.520 — Electric equipment; switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.520
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.605 — Clamping of trailing cables to equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.605
- **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 75.209 — Automated Temporary Roof Support (ATRS) systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.209
- **30 CFR 75.900 — Low- and medium-voltage circuits serving three-phase alternating current equipment; circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.900
- **30 CFR 75.902 — Low- and medium-voltage ground check monitor circuits.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.902
- **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 75.516 — Power wires; support.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.516
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2000-09-18 through 2002-07-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-01-24 through 2007-01-24; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 44 rows; 2000-08-25 through 2002-07-01; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 124 rows; 2000-09-18 through 2001-12-12; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 1999-12-01 through 2004-09-29; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 44 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2003-04-04; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 14 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:** 6 rows; 2001-01-16 through 2001-01-16; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 7 rows; 2000-09-18 through 2001-10-17; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 45 rows; 2000-08-25 through 2002-07-01; 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/bristol-mine-4406976`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bristol-mine-4406976`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406976/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406976/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406976/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`