Mining Incidents

Paramont Contura, LLC operator

MSHA operator ID: 0146274
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
311
Mines on record
10
Years on record
2016–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
2,726
citations
645
significant & substantial
$1,301,518
proposed penalties
$1,137,738
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $163,780 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
1,307
inspections on record
75,790
inspection hours
3.6
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
2,726 citations across 75,790 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$1.3M
proposed penalties
$1.2M
current assessed
$1.1M
paid to date
$29K
outstanding
2,567 assessments are final orders; 51 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
20
2025
27
2024
27
2023
22
2022
30
2021
30
2020
40
2019
36
2018
49
2017
17
2016
13

Mines on record

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