# Old Union

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0103358
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Winston, AL
- **Operator:** Mays Mining, Inc.
- **Controller:** Rodney  Mays
- **Public source rows linked:** 946
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Rodney  Mays (0073991) → Mays Mining, Inc. (0156433) → Old Union (0103358)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Thomas A  Lewis et al → Birmingham Coal & Coke Co Inc:** 2006-11-02 through 2012-11-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103358; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert A  Lewis et al → Birmingham Coal & Coke Co Inc:** 2006-11-02 through 2012-11-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103358; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Radar USA Holding Corp → Birmingham Coal & Coke Co Inc:** 2012-11-05 through 2017-05-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103358; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas A  Lewis et al → Birmingham Coal & Coke Co Inc:** 2017-05-22 through 2020-03-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103358; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert A  Lewis et al → Birmingham Coal & Coke Co Inc:** 2017-05-22 through 2020-03-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103358; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rodney  Mays → Mays Mining, Inc.:** 2020-03-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103358; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 98 violation rows across the full record; 36 carry an S&S flag and $28,152 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 329 samples:** Occupational health samples 236 coal dust; 15 coal quartz; 78 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 48 inspection events and 933 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.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **30 CFR 71.100 — Respirable dust standard.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-B/section-71.100
- **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 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **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:** 2 rows; 2009-04-22 through 2017-09-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-05-21 through 2026-05-21; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 98 rows; 2007-03-19 through 2017-04-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 236 rows; 2007-03-19 through 2018-01-31; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 250 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 49 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2006-11-02 through 2020-03-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 48 rows; 2007-03-19 through 2018-02-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 51 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 78 rows; 2007-03-19 through 2017-10-24; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 15 rows; 2007-08-22 through 2016-11-17; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 98 rows; 2007-03-19 through 2017-04-19; 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/old-union-0103358`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/old-union-0103358`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0103358/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0103358/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0103358/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`