# CCU Belmont Strip

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3300965
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Belmont, OH
- **Operator:** CCU Coal and Construction LLC
- **Controller:** Charles C  Ungurean
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,160
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Charles C  Ungurean (C04381) → CCU Coal and Construction LLC (0161793) → CCU Belmont Strip (3300965)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Shell Oil Company → R & F Coal Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1992-11-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 3300965; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Zeigler Coal Holding Company → R & F Coal Company:** 1992-11-16 through 1998-09-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 3300965; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → R & F Coal Company:** 1998-09-02 through 1998-12-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 3300965; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles C  Ungurean → Oxford Mining Co LLC:** 1998-12-23 through 2014-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3300965; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Westmoreland Coal Company → Oxford Mining Co LLC:** 2015-01-01 through 2019-02-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 3300965; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles C  Ungurean → CCU Coal and Construction LLC:** 2019-02-11 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3300965; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 17
- Interval anomalies: 0
- 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 — 4 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 38 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 973 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 35 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 172 violation rows across the full record; 34 carry an S&S flag and $35,363 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 724 coal dust; 44 coal quartz; 292 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 31 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 — 141K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 28K employee hours and 45 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 42 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 18 contested-violation rows, 18 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 — 20 since 2021:** Inspections 108 inspection events and 6K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 343,374 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 147,239
- **Average employees:** 67
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Northern
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 38 rows; 2001-02-26 through 2026-07-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2001-12-13 through 2001-12-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 168 rows; 2004-07-19 through 2026-08-26; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 18 rows; 2013-01-03 through 2014-05-05; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 724 rows; 2000-05-01 through 2026-09-01; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2013-01-03 through 2016-05-23; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 18 rows; 2012-02-23 through 2012-06-25; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,262 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 262 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2019-02-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 108 rows; 2000-05-01 through 2026-08-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 292 rows; 2000-05-08 through 2026-08-26; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 44 rows; 2000-11-16 through 2026-08-26; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 172 rows; 2003-08-07 through 2026-08-26; 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/ccu-belmont-strip-3300965`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/ccu-belmont-strip-3300965`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3300965/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3300965/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3300965/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`