# PAW PAW 2 SOUTH

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407401
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** BANNER BLUE COAL COMPANY
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,163
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → BANNER BLUE COAL COMPANY (P21542) → PAW PAW 2 SOUTH (4407401)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Metinvest B V → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2019-08-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407401; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2019-08-28 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407401; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sam  Blankenship → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2019-08-28 through 2006-01-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407401; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary A  Horn → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2019-08-28 through 2005-10-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407401; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 9
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 8 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 8 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 602 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 303 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 303 violation rows across the full record; 38 carry an S&S flag and $119,952 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 4K samples:** Occupational health samples 3,793 coal dust; 188 coal quartz; 74 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 3K employee hours and 7 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 8 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 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 — 97 since 2021:** Inspections 97 inspection events and 7K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 376,308 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 236,175
- **Average employees:** 96
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.1716 — Operations under water.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1716
- **30 CFR 75.1914 — Maintenance of diesel-powered equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1914
- **30 CFR 75.809 — Identification of circuit breakers and disconnecting switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-I/section-75.809
- **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 49.18 — Training for mine rescue teams.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-49/subpart-B/section-49.18
- **30 CFR 49.17 — Physical requirements for mine rescue team.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-49/subpart-B/section-49.17

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 8 rows; 2023-05-02 through 2025-07-10; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-10-06 through 2025-10-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 296 rows; 2022-06-07 through 2026-04-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 3,793 rows; 2022-01-11 through 2025-09-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2023-01-10 through 2024-10-07; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2025-06-11 through 2025-06-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 274 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 73 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2019-08-28 through 2019-08-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 97 rows; 2021-11-03 through 2026-10-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 33 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 74 rows; 2022-06-08 through 2025-06-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 188 rows; 2022-06-06 through 2025-07-30; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 303 rows; 2022-06-07 through 2026-10-06; 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/paw-paw-2-south-4407401`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/paw-paw-2-south-4407401`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407401/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407401/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407401/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`