# Kingston No. 2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608932
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Fayette, WV
- **Operator:** Kingston Mining, Inc.
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 28,292
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Kingston Mining, Inc. (P23860) → Kingston No. 2 (4608932)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Rag Aktiengesellschaft → Kingston Mining, Inc.:** 2001-12-05 through 2004-07-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608932; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Foundation Coal Corporation → Kingston Mining, Inc.:** 2004-07-30 through 2009-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608932; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Kingston Mining, Inc.:** 2009-07-31 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608932; 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 4608932; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Kingston Mining, Inc.:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608932; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 11
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 30 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 187 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 4,980 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 957 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 4,011 violation rows across the full record; 717 carry an S&S flag and $3,380,751 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 16K samples:** Occupational health samples 14,934 coal dust; 742 coal quartz; 387 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 85 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 — 126K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 80K employee hours and 130 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1,521 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 704 contested-violation rows, 702 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 115 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 11 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 — 46 since 2021:** Inspections 261 inspection events and 39K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 404,741 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 288,624
- **Average employees:** 126
- **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 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **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
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.350 — Belt air course ventilation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.350
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 187 rows; 2002-07-13 through 2026-08-30; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2002-02-01 through 2002-02-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 3,947 rows; 2002-02-03 through 2026-09-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 702 rows; 2008-09-14 through 2025-03-25; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 14,934 rows; 2002-02-20 through 2077-05-12; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 115 rows; 2002-10-08 through 2024-06-17; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 704 rows; 2007-11-07 through 2024-08-19; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,707 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 307 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2001-12-05 through 2001-12-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 261 rows; 2002-01-14 through 2026-10-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 228 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 53 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 387 rows; 2003-01-29 through 2025-12-01; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 742 rows; 2002-03-06 through 2026-09-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 4,011 rows; 2002-02-03 through 2026-09-30; 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/kingston-no-2-4608932`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/kingston-no-2-4608932`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608932/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608932/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608932/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`