# Dismal Fk. Upper Banner Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407132
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Dickenson, VA
- **Operator:** The Banner Company
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 726
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → The Banner Company (P19871) → Dismal Fk. Upper Banner Mine (4407132)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Kenneth L  Stacy → Banner Company:** 2005-04-04 through 2006-01-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407132; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Banner Company:** 2006-01-03 through 2007-03-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407132; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rocky  Hill → Apple Jacks Coal Company Inc:** 2007-03-21 through 2010-01-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407132; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Banner Company:** 2009-04-30 through 2007-03-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407132; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cecil  Nichols → Apple Jacks Coal Company Inc:** 2010-01-20 through 2010-05-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407132; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → The Banner Company:** 2010-05-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407132; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → The Banner Company:** 2010-05-05 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407132; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth L  Stacy → The Banner Company:** 2010-05-05 through 2006-01-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407132; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 16
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 212 violation rows across the full record; 59 carry an S&S flag and $108,461 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 203 samples:** Occupational health samples 182 coal dust; 5 coal quartz; 16 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
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 — 2 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 50 inspection events and 2K 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 77.1707 — First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1707
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **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 75.403 — 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 75.1715 — Identification check system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1715
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2008-06-12 through 2010-03-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-05-14 through 2010-05-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 206 rows; 2007-04-13 through 2010-04-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2012-03-06 through 2012-03-06; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 182 rows; 2007-06-04 through 2010-01-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2010-04-05 through 2010-04-05; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 29 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2005-04-04 through 2010-05-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 50 rows; 2005-06-28 through 2010-05-12; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 16 rows; 2007-09-06 through 2009-05-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 5 rows; 2007-06-26 through 2009-03-03; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 212 rows; 2007-04-13 through 2010-04-05; 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/dismal-fk-upper-banner-mine-4407132`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/dismal-fk-upper-banner-mine-4407132`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407132/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407132/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407132/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`