# Cooper Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0103136
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Jefferson, AL
- **Operator:** Best Coal Inc
- **Controller:** David (Michael)  Jamison
- **Public source rows linked:** 184
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**David (Michael)  Jamison (0171541) → Best Coal Inc (P20237) → Cooper Mine (0103136)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Paulette  Trimble  et al → Best Coal Inc:** 1998-11-01 through 2011-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103136; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blossom B  Nelson  et al → Best Coal Inc:** 1998-11-01 through 2011-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103136; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kendall  Robison et al → Best Coal Inc:** 2011-09-01 through 2017-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103136; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Otis R  Robison et al → Best Coal Inc:** 2011-09-01 through 2017-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103136; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael T  Costello et al → Best Coal Inc:** 2017-09-01 through 2019-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103136; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Freddy  Hunt et al → Best Coal Inc:** 2017-09-01 through 2019-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103136; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael T  Costello → Best Coal Inc:** 2019-08-01 through 2021-03-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103136; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John  McNab et al → Best Coal Inc:** 2021-03-15 through 2022-06-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103136; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David (Michael)  Jamison et al → Best Coal Inc:** 2021-03-15 through 2022-06-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103136; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David (Michael)  Jamison → Best Coal Inc:** 2022-06-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103136; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 17
- 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 — 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 6 violation rows across the full record; 1 carry an S&S flag and $425 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 109 samples:** Occupational health samples 84 coal dust; 6 coal quartz; 19 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 — 3K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 1K employee hours and 11 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 33 inspection events and 207 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 77.1301 — Explosives; magazines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-N/section-77.1301
- **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 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 62.120 — Action level.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.120
- **30 CFR 71.300 — Respirable dust control plan; filing requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-D/section-71.300

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-03-12 through 2004-03-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 6 rows; 2000-06-27 through 2001-10-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 84 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2002-12-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 1998-11-01 through 1998-11-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 33 rows; 2000-02-14 through 2004-03-12; 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:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 19 rows; 2000-06-28 through 2002-07-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 6 rows; 2001-03-06 through 2002-08-14; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 6 rows; 2000-06-27 through 2001-10-23; 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/cooper-mine-0103136`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/cooper-mine-0103136`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0103136/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0103136/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0103136/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`