# Bear Creek

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0103246
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Franklin, AL
- **Operator:** Mays Mining, Inc.
- **Controller:** Rodney  Mays
- **Public source rows linked:** 874
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Rodney  Mays (0073991) → Mays Mining, Inc. (0156433) → Bear Creek (0103246)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Robert A  Lewis et al → Birmingham Coal & Coke Co., Inc.:** 2002-09-01 through 2012-11-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103246; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas A  Lewis et al → Birmingham Coal & Coke Co., Inc.:** 2002-09-01 through 2012-11-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103246; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Radar USA Holding Corp → Birmingham Coal & Coke Co., Inc.:** 2012-11-05 through 2016-12-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103246; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jason E Rudakas et al → Yellowhammer Energy Solutions, LLC.:** 2016-12-29 through 2017-09-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103246; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Brian A Lewis et al → Yellowhammer Energy Solutions, LLC.:** 2016-12-29 through 2017-09-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103246; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert A  Lewis et al → Birmingham Coal & Coke Co., Inc.:** 2017-05-22 through 2016-12-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103246; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas A  Lewis et al → Birmingham Coal & Coke Co., Inc.:** 2017-05-22 through 2016-12-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103246; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Radar USA Holding Corp → Birmingham Coal & Coke Company Inc:** 2017-09-28 through 2017-05-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103246; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas A  Lewis et al → Birmingham Coal & Coke Company Inc:** 2017-09-28 through 2012-11-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103246; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert A  Lewis et al → Birmingham Coal & Coke Company Inc:** 2017-09-28 through 2012-11-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103246; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert A  Lewis et al → Birmingham Coal & Coke Company Inc:** 2017-09-28 through 2020-03-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103246; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas A  Lewis et al → Birmingham Coal & Coke Company Inc:** 2017-09-28 through 2020-03-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103246; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rodney  Mays → Yellowhammer Energy Solutions, LLC.:** 2020-01-27 through 2017-09-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103246; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rodney  Mays → Mays Mining, Inc.:** 2020-03-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103246; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 14
- Typed edges: 24
- Interval anomalies: 6
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 101 violation rows across the full record; 27 carry an S&S flag and $28,188 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 364 samples:** Occupational health samples 260 coal dust; 7 coal quartz; 97 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 13 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 14 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 7 contested-violation rows, 7 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 64 inspection events and 1K 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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 71.209 — Status change reports.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.209
- **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
- **30 CFR 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **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 77.412 — Compressed air systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.412
- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2016-10-07 through 2016-10-07; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-05-21 through 2026-05-21; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 98 rows; 2003-03-28 through 2017-04-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2008-10-25 through 2009-02-12; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 260 rows; 2003-06-18 through 2017-04-20; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 7 rows; 2007-08-15 through 2007-08-29; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 170 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 29 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 14 rows; 2002-09-01 through 2020-03-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 64 rows; 2003-03-28 through 2019-03-26; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 97 rows; 2003-06-18 through 2016-10-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 7 rows; 2008-06-27 through 2016-10-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 101 rows; 2003-03-28 through 2017-04-13; 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/bear-creek-0103246`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bear-creek-0103246`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0103246/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0103246/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0103246/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`