# VFC-Louder Creek E, F, G, H

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519316
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** Virginia Fuel Corporation
- **Controller:** Jillean L  Justice; James C  Justice lll
- **Public source rows linked:** 333
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jillean L  Justice; James C  Justice lll (0091855) → Virginia Fuel Corporation (0112288) → VFC-Louder Creek E, F, G, H (1519316)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James A  Sigmon → Calvin Mining LLC:** 2008-09-17 through 2010-09-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Virginia Fuel Corporation:** 2010-09-22 through 2017-02-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Virginia Fuel Corporation:** 2017-02-13 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Virginia Fuel Corporation:** 2017-02-13 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 9
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 21 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 44 violation rows across the full record; 7 carry an S&S flag and $4,918 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 77 samples:** Occupational health samples 42 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 33 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 — 5 since 2021:** Inspections 41 inspection events and 706 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 48.26 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.26
- **30 CFR 71.208 — Respirable dust samples; report to operator; posting.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.208
- **30 CFR 77.701-1 — Approved methods of grounding of equipment receiving power from ungrounded alternating current power systems.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-H/section-77.701-1
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **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 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
- **30 CFR 77.216-1 — Water, sediment or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; identification.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-1
- **30 CFR 77.216-3 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; inspection requirements; correction of hazards; program requirements.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-3
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2010-09-02 through 2012-08-08; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-10-04 through 2023-10-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 43 rows; 2010-07-21 through 2017-05-15; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2013-01-24 through 2017-04-25; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 42 rows; 2010-07-26 through 2017-06-29; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2012-05-03 through 2016-07-13; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 49 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2008-09-17 through 2010-09-22; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 41 rows; 2009-03-06 through 2023-07-19; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 52 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:** 33 rows; 2010-07-26 through 2016-12-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2016-06-16 through 2016-12-14; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 44 rows; 2010-07-21 through 2017-05-15; 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/vfc-louder-creek-e-f-g-h-1519316`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/vfc-louder-creek-e-f-g-h-1519316`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519316/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519316/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519316/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`