# West Dante

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407025
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Dickenson, VA
- **Operator:** The Banner Company
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,639
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → The Banner Company (P19871) → West Dante (4407025)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Hank K  Matney  et al → Capital Coal Corp:** 2001-06-01 through 2004-10-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407025; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rick A  Matney  et al → Capital Coal Corp:** 2001-06-01 through 2004-10-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407025; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Fred D  Matney  et al → Capital Coal Corp:** 2001-06-01 through 2004-10-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407025; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jerry  Skeens  et al → C. S. & S. Coal Corporation:** 2004-10-28 through 2010-01-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407025; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eddie  Skeens  et al → C. S. & S. Coal Corporation:** 2004-10-28 through 2010-01-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407025; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → The Banner Company:** 2010-01-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407025; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → The Banner Company:** 2010-01-19 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407025; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth L  Stacy → The Banner Company:** 2010-01-19 through 2006-01-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407025; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 16
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 10 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 22 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 292 violation rows across the full record; 106 carry an S&S flag and $53,683 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 520 samples:** Occupational health samples 429 coal dust; 53 coal quartz; 38 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 — 2K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 3K employee hours and 6 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 36 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 18 contested-violation rows, 18 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 104 inspection events and 3K 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 75.1711-2 — Sealing of slope or drift openings.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711-2
- **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 75.1106-3 — Storage of liquefied and nonliquefied compressed gas cylinders; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1106-3
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **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 75.202 — 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
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **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 75.204 — Roof bolting.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.204
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 72.630 — Drill dust control at underground areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.630

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 10 rows; 2001-08-20 through 2009-04-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-03-17 through 2010-03-17; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 285 rows; 2002-01-29 through 2010-01-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 18 rows; 2009-09-25 through 2013-08-15; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 429 rows; 2001-12-20 through 2009-06-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 18 rows; 2008-06-26 through 2009-06-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 246 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 66 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2001-06-01 through 2010-01-19; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 104 rows; 2001-06-04 through 2010-05-26; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 54 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 38 rows; 2002-04-15 through 2009-06-25; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 53 rows; 2001-12-20 through 2009-05-28; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 292 rows; 2002-01-29 through 2010-01-19; 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/west-dante-4407025`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/west-dante-4407025`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407025/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407025/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407025/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`