# Jap Creek Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0102996
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Walker, AL
- **Operator:** Mays Mining, Inc.
- **Controller:** Rodney  Mays
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,443
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Rodney  Mays (0073991) → Mays Mining, Inc. (0156433) → Jap Creek Mine (0102996)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Reid Dolores → Reed Minerals Inc:** 1993-08-01 through 2002-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102996; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert J  Reed Sr → Reed Minerals Inc:** 2002-10-01 through 2012-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102996; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **TRU Energy Services LLC → Reed Minerals Inc:** 2012-09-01 through 2012-10-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102996; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **NACCO Industries Inc → Reed Minerals Inc:** 2012-10-30 through 2014-12-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102996; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **NACCO Industries Inc → Centennial Natural Resources, LLC:** 2014-12-31 through 2017-01-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102996; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alon  Ballenger → Job Land & Mineral Inc:** 2017-01-11 through 2018-04-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102996; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rodney  Mays → Mays Mining, Inc.:** 2018-04-04 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102996; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 18
- 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 30 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 840 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 167 violation rows across the full record; 45 carry an S&S flag and $142,532 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 719 samples:** Occupational health samples 532 coal dust; 36 coal quartz; 151 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 6 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 — 102K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 30K employee hours and 51 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 20 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 10 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 10 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 — 1 since 2021:** Inspections 132 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 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 72.620 — Drill dust control at surface mines and surface areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.620
- **30 CFR 71.101 — [Reserved]** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-B/section-71.101
- **30 CFR 77.1102 — Warning signs; smoking and open flame.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1102
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 71.209 — Status change reports.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.209
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 30 rows; 2000-08-29 through 2013-09-06; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-02-24 through 2021-02-24; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 162 rows; 2000-02-26 through 2020-04-15; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2008-04-10 through 2012-12-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 532 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2020-05-29; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 10 rows; 2003-04-22 through 2008-05-27; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2007-03-07 through 2008-04-24; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 951 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 219 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1993-08-01 through 2018-04-04; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 132 rows; 2000-02-26 through 2021-02-24; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 151 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2019-12-02; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 36 rows; 2000-03-01 through 2020-04-02; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 167 rows; 2000-02-26 through 2020-04-15; 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/jap-creek-mine-0102996`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/jap-creek-mine-0102996`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0102996/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0102996/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0102996/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`