# Talon Loadout

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4603176
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** Lexington Coal Company, LLC
- **Controller:** Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,794
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc (0137221) → Lexington Coal Company, LLC (0154153) → Talon Loadout (4603176)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Bethlehem Steel Corp → Eagle Nest Inc:** 1950-01-01 through 1996-08-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603176; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Bandytown Coal Corp:** 1996-08-31 through 2006-05-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603176; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Talon Loadout Company:** 2006-05-22 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603176; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Talon Loadout Company:** 2011-06-01 through 2013-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603176; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Independence Coal Company, LLC:** 2014-01-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603176; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Independence Coal Company, LLC:** 2014-01-01 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603176; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Independence Coal Company, LLC:** 2016-07-26 through 2017-10-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603176; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc → Lexington Coal Company, LLC:** 2017-10-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603176; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 21
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 18 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 9 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 109 violation rows across the full record; 46 carry an S&S flag and $26,459 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 27 samples:** Occupational health samples 16 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 10 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 7 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 — 45 since 2021:** Inspections 153 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.216-3 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; inspection requirements; correction of hazards; program requirements.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-3
- **30 CFR 77.216 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; general.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216
- **30 CFR 71.500 — Sanitary toilet facilities at surface work sites; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.500
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2001-02-20 through 2014-05-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-02-27 through 2013-02-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 103 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2026-08-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2012-03-07 through 2026-01-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 16 rows; 2001-05-25 through 2011-07-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2001-10-25 through 2001-10-25; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2009-08-20 through 2025-06-18; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,121 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 225 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2017-10-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 153 rows; 2000-01-07 through 2026-08-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 10 rows; 2008-03-24 through 2011-07-20; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2001-08-27 through 2001-08-27; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 109 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2026-08-18; 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/talon-loadout-4603176`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/talon-loadout-4603176`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4603176/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4603176/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4603176/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`