# Blaylock Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0103069
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Marion, AL
- **Operator:** M. E. Group, Inc.
- **Controller:** Wes  Calvert
- **Public source rows linked:** 162
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Wes  Calvert (0084893) → M. E. Group, Inc. (0053013) → Blaylock Mine (0103069)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Bostick Marshall → Marshco Inc:** 1996-03-01 through 1998-05-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103069; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John C  Fay Jr → Highland Mining Company Inc:** 1998-05-29 through 1999-06-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103069; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bostick Marshall → Marshco Incorporated:** 1999-06-25 through 2002-02-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103069; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Martha  Mullins → Marshco Inc:** 2002-02-26 through 1998-05-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103069; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Martha  Mullins → Marshco Incorporated:** 2002-02-26 through 2004-07-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103069; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Paul M  Whatley → M. E. Group, Inc.:** 2004-07-02 through 2008-03-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103069; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rodney  Mays → M. E. Group, Inc.:** 2008-03-25 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103069; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wes  Calvert → M. E. Group, Inc.:** 2009-05-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103069; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 18
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 16 violation rows across the full record; 5 carry an S&S flag and $1,218 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 41 samples:** Occupational health samples 29 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 11 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 1 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 35 inspection events and 265 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1302 — Vehicles used to transport explosives.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-N/section-77.1302
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **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 77.1109 — 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 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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2006-06-19 through 2006-06-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 16 rows; 2000-10-19 through 2004-03-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 29 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2004-03-12; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2001-07-20 through 2001-07-20; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1996-03-01 through 2004-07-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 35 rows; 2000-01-26 through 2006-06-13; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 35 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:** 11 rows; 2000-05-17 through 2003-05-28; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2002-08-22 through 2002-08-22; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 16 rows; 2000-10-19 through 2004-03-04; 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/blaylock-mine-0103069`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/blaylock-mine-0103069`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0103069/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0103069/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0103069/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`