# Steyer II

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1800761
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Garrett, MD
- **Operator:** Backbone Mountain, LLC
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,181
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alliance Resource Partners LP (C15455) → Backbone Mountain, LLC (0051503) → Steyer II (1800761)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Alliance Resource Partners LP → Backbone Mountain LLC:** 2003-08-15 through 2004-05-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1800761; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David M  Maynard → Steyer Fuel Mining Co Inc:** 2004-05-25 through 2014-12-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1800761; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alliance Resource Partners LP → Backbone Mountain, LLC:** 2014-12-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1800761; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 8
- 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 63 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 670 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,359 violation rows across the full record; 370 carry an S&S flag and $431,758 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,100 coal dust; 59 coal quartz; 123 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 15 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 1K employee hours and 8 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 234 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 113 contested-violation rows, 113 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 8 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 113 inspection events and 11K 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 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.1715 — Identification check system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1715
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 75.1506 — Refuge alternatives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1506
- **30 CFR 75.601-1 — Short circuit protection; ratings and settings of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601-1
- **30 CFR 75.1600-2 — Communication facilities; working sections; installation and maintenance requirements; audible or visual alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-Q/section-75.1600-2

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 63 rows; 2004-12-27 through 2014-12-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2019-04-22 through 2019-04-22; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,346 rows; 2004-08-30 through 2014-10-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 113 rows; 2006-07-31 through 2015-03-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,100 rows; 2004-10-13 through 2013-07-31; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 8 rows; 2008-02-22 through 2012-04-05; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 113 rows; 2006-02-14 through 2014-05-13; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 543 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 127 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2003-08-15 through 2014-12-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 113 rows; 2004-08-02 through 2018-09-20; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 86 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 23 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 123 rows; 2005-05-11 through 2014-02-04; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 59 rows; 2004-11-07 through 2013-07-31; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,359 rows; 2004-08-30 through 2014-10-07; 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/steyer-ii-1800761`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/steyer-ii-1800761`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1800761/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1800761/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1800761/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`