# Laurel Alma

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608457
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** Elk Run Coal Company Inc
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,350
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Elk Run Coal Company Inc (P11051) → Laurel Alma (4608457)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Massey Energy Company → Elk Run Coal Company Inc:** 1994-10-01 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608457; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Elk Run Coal Company Inc:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608457; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Elk Run Coal Company Inc:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608457; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Elk Run Coal Company Inc:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608457; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 9
- Interval anomalies: 0
- 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 29 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 168 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 174 violation rows across the full record; 89 carry an S&S flag and $33,901 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 312 samples:** Occupational health samples 288 coal dust; 19 coal quartz; 5 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 106K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 24K employee hours and 43 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 8 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 59 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 75.311 — Main mine fan operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.311
- **30 CFR 48.6 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.6
- **30 CFR 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.362 — On-shift examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.362
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **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 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 29 rows; 2000-03-03 through 2002-12-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2003-11-14 through 2003-11-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 167 rows; 2000-03-14 through 2003-05-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2003-05-07 through 2004-10-08; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 288 rows; 2000-01-17 through 2002-12-12; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2001-10-03 through 2001-10-03; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 468 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 95 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1994-10-01 through 1994-10-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 59 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2003-10-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 5 rows; 2000-03-22 through 2000-03-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 19 rows; 2000-03-22 through 2002-12-03; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 174 rows; 2000-03-14 through 2003-05-30; 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/laurel-alma-4608457`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/laurel-alma-4608457`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608457/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608457/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608457/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`