# Kansas Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0103398
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Walker, AL
- **Operator:** Mays Mining, Inc.
- **Controller:** Rodney  Mays
- **Public source rows linked:** 660
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Rodney  Mays (0073991) → Mays Mining, Inc. (0156433) → Kansas Mine (0103398)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Carl  Ferguson → Mallards Creek Energy Inc:** 2008-08-27 through 2010-09-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103398; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **National Coal Corporation → National Coal of Alabama, Inc:** 2010-09-03 through 2009-08-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103398; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **TCW Energy Fund XIV-A, L.P. et al → National Coal of Alabama, Inc:** 2010-09-03 through 2013-12-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103398; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Frank C  Mann → National Coal of Alabama, Inc:** 2010-09-03 through 2007-10-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103398; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert J  Reed Sr → Reed Minerals, Inc:** 2013-12-05 through 2012-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103398; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **TRU Energy Services LLC → Reed Minerals, Inc:** 2013-12-05 through 2012-10-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103398; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Reid Dolores → Reed Minerals, Inc:** 2013-12-05 through 2002-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103398; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **NACCO Industries Inc → Reed Minerals, Inc:** 2013-12-05 through 2014-11-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103398; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **NACCO Industries Inc → Centennial Natural Resources LLC:** 2014-11-11 through 2019-01-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103398; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rodney  Mays → Mays Mining, Inc.:** 2019-01-21 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103398; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 25
- Interval anomalies: 5
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 2 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 2 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 55 violation rows across the full record; 23 carry an S&S flag and $41,076 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 82 samples:** Occupational health samples 52 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 28 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 — 20 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 10 contested-violation rows, 10 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 — 6 since 2021:** Inspections 34 inspection events and 831 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 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **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 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2010-09-03 through 2026-07-08; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-05-21 through 2026-05-21; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 54 rows; 2009-03-12 through 2021-04-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 10 rows; 2010-11-15 through 2012-07-11; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 52 rows; 2009-09-02 through 2021-06-24; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 10 rows; 2009-03-12 through 2011-05-25; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 299 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 78 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 2008-08-27 through 2019-01-21; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 34 rows; 2009-03-12 through 2024-08-13; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 19 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; 2009-09-02 through 2021-04-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2011-03-01 through 2011-03-30; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 55 rows; 2009-03-12 through 2021-04-13; 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/kansas-mine-0103398`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/kansas-mine-0103398`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0103398/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0103398/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0103398/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`