# Powhatan Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0103332
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Jefferson, AL
- **Operator:** Mays Mining, Inc.
- **Controller:** Rodney  Mays
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,269
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Rodney  Mays (0073991) → Mays Mining, Inc. (0156433) → Powhatan Mine (0103332)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Alon  Ballenger → Job Land & Mineral Inc:** 2005-09-28 through 2010-11-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103332; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **C Clay Inc et al → RAC Mining LLC:** 2010-11-16 through 2020-03-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103332; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Radar USA Hold Corp et al → RAC Mining LLC:** 2010-11-16 through 2020-03-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103332; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rodney  Mays → Mays Mining, Inc.:** 2020-03-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103332; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- 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 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 64 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 127 violation rows across the full record; 44 carry an S&S flag and $23,040 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 347 samples:** Occupational health samples 253 coal dust; 24 coal quartz; 70 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 7 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 — 12 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 12 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 58 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 71.500 — Sanitary toilet facilities at surface work sites; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.500
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (3 retained recent rows) — 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 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **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
- **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 77.409 — Shovels, draglines, and tractors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.409
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2007-01-24 through 2012-04-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-05-21 through 2026-05-21; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 115 rows; 2006-06-21 through 2015-10-01; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 253 rows; 2006-06-21 through 2015-12-16; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 12 rows; 2007-04-17 through 2007-04-17; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 440 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 74 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2005-09-28 through 2020-03-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 58 rows; 2006-06-14 through 2016-12-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 68 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 70 rows; 2007-02-28 through 2015-10-01; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 24 rows; 2007-02-28 through 2011-04-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 127 rows; 2006-06-21 through 2015-10-01; 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/powhatan-mine-0103332`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/powhatan-mine-0103332`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0103332/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0103332/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0103332/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`