# Tn mine 3

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4003275
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Anderson, TN
- **Operator:** Premium Coal Company Inc
- **Controller:** James C  Justice III
- **Public source rows linked:** 881
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice III (0171761) → Premium Coal Company Inc (P02174) → Tn mine 3 (4003275)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **National Coal Corporation → National Coal Corporation:** 2006-02-13 through 2010-07-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4003275; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert  Swisher et al → Premium Coal Company Inc:** 2010-07-15 through 2008-09-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4003275; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Premium Coal Company Inc:** 2010-07-15 through 2017-05-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4003275; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Premium Coal Company Inc:** 2017-05-04 through 2022-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4003275; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Premium Coal Company Inc:** 2017-05-04 through 2022-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4003275; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Premium Coal Company Inc:** 2022-08-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4003275; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 13
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 2 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 124 violation rows across the full record; 45 carry an S&S flag and $35,074 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 236 samples:** Occupational health samples 138 coal dust; 6 coal quartz; 92 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 2K employee hours and 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 72 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 34 contested-violation rows, 34 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 34 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.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.500
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 72.630 — Drill dust control at underground areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.630
- **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 77.1710 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1710
- **30 CFR 48.29 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.29
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.602 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-G/section-77.602
- **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 77.404 — 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; 2007-03-19 through 2007-09-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-07-18 through 2016-07-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 122 rows; 2006-09-13 through 2013-06-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 34 rows; 2010-09-10 through 2014-04-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 138 rows; 2006-09-13 through 2013-05-01; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2007-05-01 through 2007-07-06; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 34 rows; 2008-07-18 through 2013-06-27; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 160 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2006-02-13 through 2010-07-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 34 rows; 2006-08-21 through 2016-04-04; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 76 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 92 rows; 2006-09-13 through 2013-02-20; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 6 rows; 2007-03-05 through 2013-02-20; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 124 rows; 2006-09-13 through 2013-06-27; 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/tn-mine-3-4003275`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/tn-mine-3-4003275`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4003275/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4003275/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4003275/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`