# Highland Coal Handling Facility

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4606558
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Logan, WV
- **Operator:** Highland Mining Company
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,430
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Highland Mining Company (P24377) → Highland Coal Handling Facility (4606558)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Pittston Company → Elkay Mining Company:** 1982-08-01 through 1998-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606558; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Bandmill Coal Corp:** 1998-05-07 through 2003-11-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606558; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Highland Mining Company:** 2003-11-23 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606558; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Bandmill Coal Corp:** 2011-06-01 through 2003-11-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606558; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Highland Mining Company:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606558; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Bandmill Coal Corp:** 2016-07-26 through 2003-11-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606558; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Highland Mining Company:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606558; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Bandmill Coal Corp:** 2018-11-09 through 2003-11-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606558; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Highland Mining Company:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606558; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 17
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 18 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 4 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 270 violation rows across the full record; 49 carry an S&S flag and $65,054 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 94 samples:** Occupational health samples 59 coal dust; 14 coal quartz; 21 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 — 118 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 56 contested-violation rows, 56 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 — 2 since 2021:** Inspections 103 inspection events and 4K 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 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 75.515 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.515
- **30 CFR 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 18 rows; 2004-04-15 through 2018-06-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-07-19 through 2024-07-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 257 rows; 2004-05-26 through 2020-05-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 56 rows; 2007-02-15 through 2014-05-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 59 rows; 2005-03-08 through 2019-12-10; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2006-07-27 through 2007-06-08; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 56 rows; 2006-04-27 through 2013-05-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 182 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 37 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 1982-08-01 through 2003-11-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 103 rows; 2004-03-16 through 2024-03-26; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 302 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 38 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 21 rows; 2007-10-19 through 2012-12-03; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 14 rows; 2010-10-28 through 2019-12-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 270 rows; 2004-05-26 through 2020-05-18; 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/highland-coal-handling-facility-4606558`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/highland-coal-handling-facility-4606558`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4606558/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4606558/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4606558/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`