# No 9

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407159
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Dickenson, VA
- **Operator:** Bristol Coal Corp
- **Controller:** Hank K  Matney; Fred D  Matney; Rick A  Matney
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,963
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Hank K  Matney; Fred D  Matney; Rick A  Matney (C05343) → Bristol Coal Corp (P14299) → No 9 (4407159)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC.:** 2005-12-28 through 2006-05-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407159; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Fred D  Matney  et al → Bristol Coal Corp:** 2006-05-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407159; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rick A  Matney  et al → Bristol Coal Corp:** 2006-05-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407159; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hank K  Matney  et al → Bristol Coal Corp:** 2006-05-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407159; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 8
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 13 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 801 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 580 violation rows across the full record; 168 carry an S&S flag and $164,271 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 809 samples:** Occupational health samples 705 coal dust; 31 coal quartz; 73 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 11 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 370 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 183 contested-violation rows, 183 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 131 inspection events and 6K 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 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
- **30 CFR 75.606 — Protection of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.606
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.508 — Map of electrical system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.508
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **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 75.350 — Belt air course ventilation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.350

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 13 rows; 2008-01-14 through 2014-04-29; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-05-04 through 2016-05-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 569 rows; 2006-06-27 through 2015-11-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 183 rows; 2011-06-02 through 2016-06-17; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 705 rows; 2006-07-28 through 2015-11-10; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2006-07-19 through 2008-05-07; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 183 rows; 2010-04-13 through 2015-07-30; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 291 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 56 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2005-12-28 through 2006-05-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 131 rows; 2006-03-06 through 2016-04-13; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 118 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 73 rows; 2006-08-16 through 2014-11-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 31 rows; 2008-02-26 through 2015-11-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 580 rows; 2006-06-27 through 2015-11-05; 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/no-9-4407159`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-9-4407159`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407159/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407159/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407159/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`