# TOMS CREEK COMPLEX

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4405270
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wise, VA
- **Operator:** Paramont Contura, LLC
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 7,864
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Paramont Contura, LLC (0146274) → TOMS CREEK COMPLEX (4405270)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **El Paso Energy Corp → Coastal Coal Company, LLC:** 1989-04-04 through 2003-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405270; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC:** 2003-02-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405270; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Paramont Contura, LLC:** 2016-07-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405270; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 — 3 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 46 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 961 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 69 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 792 violation rows across the full record; 263 carry an S&S flag and $101,652 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 815 samples:** Occupational health samples 562 coal dust; 42 coal quartz; 211 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 24 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 21K employee hours and 32 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 127 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 42 contested-violation rows, 46 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 39 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 58 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 — 18 since 2021:** Inspections 235 inspection events and 11K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 86,304
- **Average employees:** 41
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 2

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.506 — Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short-circuit protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.506
- **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 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.506-1 — Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short circuit protection; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.506-1
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.904

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 46 rows; 2001-05-03 through 2023-09-07; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1981-01-18 through 1981-01-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 788 rows; 2000-03-09 through 2026-06-25; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 46 rows; 2001-04-26 through 2025-02-06; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 562 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2026-07-09; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 39 rows; 2002-04-09 through 2026-03-05; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 42 rows; 2007-05-14 through 2024-02-01; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 4,137 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 875 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1979-06-01 through 2016-07-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 235 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2026-09-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 32 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 211 rows; 2000-03-16 through 2026-02-03; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 42 rows; 2003-03-13 through 2026-02-03; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 792 rows; 2000-03-09 through 2026-06-25; 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/toms-creek-complex-4405270`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/toms-creek-complex-4405270`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4405270/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4405270/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4405270/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`