# Nicholas Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0103319
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Walker, AL
- **Operator:** Reed Minerals Inc
- **Controller:** NACCO Industries Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 548
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**NACCO Industries Inc (C01333) → Reed Minerals Inc (P14382) → Nicholas Mine (0103319)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Robert J  Reed Sr → Reed Mining, Inc.:** 2005-04-12 through 2007-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103319; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert J  Reed Sr → Reed Minerals Inc:** 2008-01-01 through 2012-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103319; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Reid Dolores → Reed Minerals Inc:** 2008-01-01 through 2002-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103319; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **TRU Energy Services LLC → Reed Minerals Inc:** 2012-09-01 through 2012-10-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103319; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **NACCO Industries Inc → Reed Minerals Inc:** 2012-10-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103319; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 12
- 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 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 295 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 16 violation rows across the full record; 1 carry an S&S flag and $1,057 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 90 samples:** Occupational health samples 59 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 28 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 8 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 — 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 — 2 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 19 inspection events and 270 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 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2006-04-24 through 2007-12-19; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2011-09-12 through 2011-09-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 15 rows; 2005-08-31 through 2007-01-17; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 59 rows; 2005-09-07 through 2008-08-29; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 310 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 65 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2005-04-12 through 2008-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 19 rows; 2005-08-31 through 2010-08-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 17 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:** 28 rows; 2005-09-07 through 2008-02-07; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2007-01-17 through 2008-03-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 16 rows; 2005-08-31 through 2007-12-19; 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/nicholas-mine-0103319`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/nicholas-mine-0103319`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0103319/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0103319/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0103319/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`