# 88 Strip

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407163
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Dickenson, VA
- **Operator:** Paramont Contura, LLC
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 6,152
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Paramont Contura, LLC (0146274) → 88 Strip (4407163)**

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:** 2006-02-21 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407163; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Paramont Contura, LLC:** 2016-07-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407163; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- 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 — 11 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 62 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,847 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 59 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 234 violation rows across the full record; 70 carry an S&S flag and $64,976 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,520 coal dust; 130 coal quartz; 346 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 4 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 — 109K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 77K employee hours and 133 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 62 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 20 contested-violation rows, 20 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 22 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 21 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 — 19 since 2021:** Inspections 74 inspection events and 9K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 365,710 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 324,075
- **Average employees:** 139
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 77.402 — Hand-held power tools; safety devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.402
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 62 rows; 2007-05-29 through 2026-09-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-04-20 through 2020-04-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 231 rows; 2006-09-21 through 2026-06-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 20 rows; 2011-07-05 through 2023-05-05; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,520 rows; 2006-12-19 through 2026-09-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 22 rows; 2007-07-31 through 2026-06-01; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 20 rows; 2009-02-24 through 2022-07-19; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,732 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 609 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2006-02-21 through 2016-07-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 74 rows; 2006-04-05 through 2026-09-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 125 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 23 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 346 rows; 2006-12-19 through 2026-04-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 130 rows; 2008-04-02 through 2026-06-04; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 234 rows; 2006-09-21 through 2026-06-04; 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/88-strip-4407163`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/88-strip-4407163`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407163/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407163/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407163/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`