# DEEP MINE 44

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407308
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Dickenson, VA
- **Operator:** PARAMONT CONTURA, LLC
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 13,897
- **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 44 (4407308)**

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:** 2013-04-10 through 2015-12-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407308; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rick A  Matney  et al → Capital Coal Corporation:** 2015-12-14 through 2017-08-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407308; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hank K  Matney  et al → Capital Coal Corporation:** 2015-12-14 through 2017-08-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407308; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Fred D  Matney  et al → Capital Coal Corporation:** 2015-12-14 through 2017-08-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407308; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Paramont Contura, LLC:** 2017-08-21 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407308; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 11
- 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 — 45 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 80 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 3,195 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 621 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,062 violation rows across the full record; 263 carry an S&S flag and $453,213 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 10K samples:** Occupational health samples 9,126 coal dust; 486 coal quartz; 247 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 39 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 — 82K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 59K employee hours and 107 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 416 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 173 contested-violation rows, 173 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 70 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 8 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 — 66 since 2021:** Inspections 175 inspection events and 19K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 434,197 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 285,825
- **Average employees:** 119
- **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 75.1909 — Nonpermissible diesel-powered equipment; design and performance requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1909
- **30 CFR 75.1911 — Fire suppression systems for diesel-powered equipment and fuel transportation units.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1911
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 80 rows; 2015-04-07 through 2026-08-24; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-09-11 through 2026-09-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,025 rows; 2014-12-11 through 2026-09-01; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 173 rows; 2015-09-21 through 2026-06-04; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 9,126 rows; 2015-02-16 through 2026-09-09; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 70 rows; 2015-01-07 through 2026-04-02; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 173 rows; 2014-12-11 through 2026-07-14; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 914 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 233 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2013-04-10 through 2017-08-21; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 175 rows; 2013-12-20 through 2026-10-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 100 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 247 rows; 2015-08-20 through 2026-08-04; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 486 rows; 2015-03-23 through 2026-07-16; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,062 rows; 2014-12-11 through 2026-10-07; 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-44-4407308`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/deep-mine-44-4407308`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407308/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407308/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407308/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`