# Quinton

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0103304
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Walker, AL
- **Operator:** Quinton Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** Donald M  Baxter
- **Public source rows linked:** 412
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Donald M  Baxter (0045887) → Quinton Mining, LLC (0056857) → Quinton (0103304)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **A J  Taft → Clearwater Energy, Inc.:** 2004-11-01 through 2004-11-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103304; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Donald M  Baxter → Horse Creek Mining, LLC:** 2004-11-30 through 2005-01-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103304; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Donald M  Baxter → Quinton Mining, LLC:** 2005-01-27 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103304; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 6 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 65 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 30 violation rows across the full record; 10 carry an S&S flag and $5,010 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 77 samples:** Occupational health samples 42 coal dust; 7 coal quartz; 28 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 — 8 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 17 inspection events and 321 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 72.620 — Drill dust control at surface mines and surface areas of underground mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.620
- **30 CFR 62.130 — Permissible exposure level.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.130
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **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 77.1605 — 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 77.1606 — 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 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 6 rows; 2005-04-05 through 2007-09-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2008-10-20 through 2008-10-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 30 rows; 2005-02-10 through 2007-08-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2007-10-16 through 2007-10-16; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 42 rows; 2005-09-08 through 2007-10-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2007-05-07 through 2007-11-29; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2007-01-16 through 2007-01-16; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 179 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 32 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2004-11-01 through 2005-01-27; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 17 rows; 2005-02-10 through 2008-09-18; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 23 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 28 rows; 2006-04-25 through 2007-08-21; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 7 rows; 2007-01-20 through 2007-07-25; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 30 rows; 2005-02-10 through 2007-08-14; 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/quinton-0103304`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/quinton-0103304`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0103304/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0103304/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0103304/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`