# Shannon Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0103303
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Tuscaloosa, AL
- **Operator:** Shannon, LLC
- **Controller:** Twin Pines LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,426
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Twin Pines LLC (0098657) → Shannon, LLC (0116645) → Shannon Mine (0103303)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Randall E  Crawford et al → Cahaba Resources LLC:** 2004-10-12 through 2005-07-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103303; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Five J's LLC et al → Twin Pines Coal Company, Inc.:** 2005-07-15 through 2005-08-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103303; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Five J's LLC et al → Rock Mountain Mining-Div/Twin Pines Coal Co., Inc.:** 2005-08-12 through 2011-01-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103303; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Twin Pines LLC → Shannon, LLC:** 2011-01-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103303; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 12
- 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 48 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 1,032 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 211 violation rows across the full record; 62 carry an S&S flag and $85,199 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 388 samples:** Occupational health samples 298 coal dust; 16 coal quartz; 74 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 19 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 9 contested-violation rows, 9 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 75 inspection events and 3K 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 77.502 — 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 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **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
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.508 — Lightning arresters, ungrounded and exposed power conductors and telephone wires.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.508
- **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 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505
- **30 CFR 77.1707 — First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1707
- **30 CFR 77.513 — Insulating mats at power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.513
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 48 rows; 2007-11-01 through 2013-05-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-07-18 through 2018-07-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 209 rows; 2005-03-17 through 2015-09-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 9 rows; 2013-06-28 through 2016-09-09; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 298 rows; 2006-01-12 through 2015-09-15; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2008-01-14 through 2008-01-14; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 9 rows; 2012-04-24 through 2013-05-01; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,979 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 460 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2004-10-12 through 2011-01-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 75 rows; 2005-03-16 through 2019-03-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 31 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 74 rows; 2006-07-07 through 2015-03-17; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 16 rows; 2006-01-12 through 2010-10-13; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 211 rows; 2005-03-17 through 2015-09-02; 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/shannon-mine-0103303`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/shannon-mine-0103303`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0103303/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0103303/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0103303/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`