# Alden Resources Harps Creek

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518466
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Whitley, KY
- **Operator:** Ferroglobe USA Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** Ferroglobe PLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 9,172
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ferroglobe PLC (0100987) → Ferroglobe USA Mining, LLC (0080224) → Alden Resources Harps Creek (1518466)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Robert M  Keen → F-M Coal Corp:** 2001-10-18 through 2017-07-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518466; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steven T  Ratliff → Maverick Construction Inc:** 2017-07-05 through 2018-08-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518466; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James  Cox et al → Ferroglobe USA Mining, LLC:** 2018-08-06 through 2009-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518466; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **NCGPAsset Holdings II LP et al → Ferroglobe USA Mining, LLC:** 2018-08-06 through 2011-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518466; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ferroglobe PLC → Ferroglobe USA Mining, LLC:** 2018-08-06 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518466; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 13
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 4 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 25 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 237 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 343 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,815 violation rows across the full record; 446 carry an S&S flag and $298,122 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 5K samples:** Occupational health samples 3,906 coal dust; 247 coal quartz; 482 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 73 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 — 23K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 6K employee hours and 12 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 335 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 157 contested-violation rows, 160 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 18 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 — 54 since 2021:** Inspections 219 inspection events and 21K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 7,516 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 18,008
- **Average employees:** 11
- **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 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.1101-6 — Water sprinkler systems; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-6
- **30 CFR 75.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.904
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403
- **30 CFR 75.402 — Rock dusting.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.402

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 25 rows; 2002-08-19 through 2023-07-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-09-01 through 2026-09-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,775 rows; 2002-02-04 through 2026-08-31; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 160 rows; 2004-01-22 through 2024-07-09; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 3,906 rows; 2002-02-14 through 2026-08-31; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 18 rows; 2014-10-27 through 2026-07-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 157 rows; 2007-12-13 through 2023-01-25; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 221 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 56 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2001-10-18 through 2018-08-06; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 219 rows; 2001-11-28 through 2026-10-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 15 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 69 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 482 rows; 2002-03-05 through 2026-08-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 247 rows; 2002-03-05 through 2026-07-16; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,815 rows; 2002-02-04 through 2026-10-14; 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/alden-resources-harps-creek-1518466`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/alden-resources-harps-creek-1518466`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518466/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518466/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518466/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`