# Kingston Processing

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4604343
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Fayette, WV
- **Operator:** Kingston Mining Inc.
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,927
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Kingston Mining Inc. (P23860) → Kingston Processing (4604343)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Lawson W  Hamilton Jr → Hansford Coal Company:** 1974-10-22 through 1989-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604343; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashland Inc et al → Rensford Processing Inc:** 1989-08-01 through 1992-03-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604343; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Howard  Linville → Belmar Coal Processing Inc:** 1992-03-02 through 1996-04-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604343; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas L  Pruitt et al → Emerald Processing L L C:** 1996-04-02 through 1998-01-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604343; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William R  King et al → Emerald Processing L L C:** 1996-04-02 through 1998-01-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604343; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rag Aktiengesellschaft → Kingston Processing Inc:** 1998-01-16 through 2004-07-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604343; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Foundation Coal Corporation → Kingston Processing Inc:** 2004-07-30 through 2009-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604343; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Kingston Processing Inc:** 2009-07-31 through 2013-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604343; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Kingston Mining Inc.:** 2014-01-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604343; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Foundation Coal Corporation → Kingston Mining Inc.:** 2014-01-01 through 2009-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604343; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rag Aktiengesellschaft → Kingston Mining Inc.:** 2014-01-01 through 2004-07-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604343; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Kingston Mining Inc.:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604343; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Kingston Mining Inc.:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604343; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 13
- Typed edges: 30
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 6 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 37 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,072 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 57 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 537 violation rows across the full record; 169 carry an S&S flag and $212,965 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 520 samples:** Occupational health samples 399 coal dust; 20 coal quartz; 101 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 9 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 24K employee hours and 44 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 210 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 77 contested-violation rows, 81 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 52 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 15 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 — 23 since 2021:** Inspections 170 inspection events and 6K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 98,708
- **Average employees:** 45
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 2

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.904
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 37 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2026-08-29; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1992-04-06 through 1992-04-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 527 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2026-08-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 81 rows; 2002-11-13 through 2021-03-05; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 399 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2026-09-29; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 52 rows; 2000-02-17 through 2020-08-20; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 77 rows; 2007-11-13 through 2020-06-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,262 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 450 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 13 rows; 1974-10-22 through 2014-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 170 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2026-06-24; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 166 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 33 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 101 rows; 2000-03-22 through 2026-02-25; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 20 rows; 2000-05-15 through 2026-07-15; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 537 rows; 2000-01-25 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/kingston-processing-4604343`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/kingston-processing-4604343`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4604343/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4604343/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4604343/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`