DEEP MINE 46
Coal
Nora,
Dickenson County,
VA
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Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4407433
DEEP MINE 46 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2026
- Latest incident
- May 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2025
11
significant & substantial
$10,920
proposed penalties
30% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,665 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2025
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 614 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
DEEP MINE 46 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
12 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at DEEP MINE 46 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.32 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 165 samples.
Health sampling
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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
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Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Most recent sample: 2026-06-29.
Silica (quartz)
Most recent sample: 2026-06-04.
Noise
Most recent sample: 2026-03-23.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter |
Hours worked |
Citations |
S&S |
Per 1M hrs |
| 2025 Q4 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
| 2025 Q3 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
|
| 2025 Q2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2026 · 1 incident
May 29, 2026
VA · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
MACHINERY
Paramont Contura, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was cleaning up the left side of cut when rock fell in the cut. Employee was standing at the second row of bolts. When the rock fell in the cut a rock rolled back and struck the employee in the right leg.
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