# McClure River Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4405311
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Dickenson, VA
- **Operator:** Dickenson-Russell Contura, LLC
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 6,561
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Dickenson-Russell Contura, LLC (0146275) → McClure River Plant (4405311)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Pittston Company → Clinchfield Coal Company:** 1979-10-01 through 2002-12-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405311; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Dickenson-Russell Coal Co., LLC:** 2002-12-13 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405311; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Dickenson-Russell Contura, LLC:** 2016-07-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405311; 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 23 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 76 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,938 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 145 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 772 violation rows across the full record; 252 carry an S&S flag and $137,073 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 886 samples:** Occupational health samples 621 coal dust; 60 coal quartz; 205 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 46K employee hours and 78 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 181 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 59 contested-violation rows, 59 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 63 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 36 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 — 44 since 2021:** Inspections 186 inspection events and 11K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 178,813
- **Average employees:** 75
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** United Mine Workers Of America
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 50.20-7 — Criteria—MSHA Form 7000-1, Section D.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20-7
- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **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 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 76 rows; 2000-01-26 through 2026-02-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1997-01-06 through 1997-01-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 761 rows; 2001-02-05 through 2026-08-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 59 rows; 2011-01-07 through 2026-07-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 621 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2026-09-21; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 63 rows; 2006-01-01 through 2026-07-22; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 59 rows; 2009-04-02 through 2025-08-25; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,918 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 643 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1979-10-01 through 2016-07-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 186 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2026-09-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 106 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:** 205 rows; 2000-03-22 through 2026-02-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 60 rows; 2007-06-12 through 2026-07-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 772 rows; 2001-02-05 through 2026-09-21; 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/mcclure-river-plant-4405311`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mcclure-river-plant-4405311`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4405311/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4405311/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4405311/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`