# DEEP MINE 41

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407223
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Dickenson, VA
- **Operator:** PARAMONT CONTURA, LLC
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 36,619
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → PARAMONT CONTURA, LLC (0146274) → DEEP MINE 41 (4407223)**

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:** 2008-04-18 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407223; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Paramont Contura, LLC:** 2016-07-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407223; 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 — 102 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 331 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 8,957 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 951 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 2,798 violation rows across the full record; 713 carry an S&S flag and $1,472,960 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 24K samples:** Occupational health samples 22,173 coal dust; 1,367 coal quartz; 798 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 178 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 — 542K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 258K employee hours and 443 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1,605 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 715 contested-violation rows, 715 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 175 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 13 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 — 489 since 2021:** Inspections 1,446 inspection events and 68K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 2,384,072 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 950,809
- **Average employees:** 416
- **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 75.1600-2 — Communication facilities; working sections; installation and maintenance requirements; audible or visual alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-Q/section-75.1600-2
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **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 75.400 — 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 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **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 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
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 331 rows; 2010-04-18 through 2026-09-22; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-07-08 through 2013-07-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 2,738 rows; 2009-01-05 through 2026-09-03; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 715 rows; 2012-02-03 through 2024-06-24; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 22,173 rows; 2009-06-24 through 2026-10-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 175 rows; 2012-02-09 through 2026-04-27; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 715 rows; 2010-08-23 through 2025-05-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,548 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 631 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2008-04-18 through 2016-07-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 1,446 rows; 2008-10-07 through 2026-10-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 142 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 38 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 798 rows; 2009-06-23 through 2026-09-03; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1,367 rows; 2011-04-27 through 2026-09-24; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 2,798 rows; 2009-01-05 through 2026-10-06; 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/deep-mine-41-4407223`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/deep-mine-41-4407223`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407223/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407223/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407223/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`