# Mine No 17

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4003279
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Anderson, TN
- **Operator:** Premium Coal
- **Controller:** James C  Justice III
- **Public source rows linked:** 439
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice III (0171761) → Premium Coal (P02174) → Mine No 17 (4003279)**

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:** 2006-06-15 through 2010-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4003279; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert  Swisher et al → Premium Coal:** 2010-07-01 through 2008-09-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4003279; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Premium Coal:** 2010-07-01 through 2017-05-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4003279; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Premium Coal:** 2017-05-04 through 2022-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4003279; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Premium Coal:** 2017-05-04 through 2022-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4003279; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Premium Coal:** 2022-08-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4003279; 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 10 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 229 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 67 violation rows across the full record; 24 carry an S&S flag and $8,519 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 133 samples:** Occupational health samples 100 coal dust; 8 coal quartz; 25 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 14 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 7 contested-violation rows, 7 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 29 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 75.1711-3 — Openings of active mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711-3
- **30 CFR 75.1204 — Mine closure; filing of map with Secretary.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1204
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **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 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.211 — Roof testing and scaling.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.211
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 10 rows; 2006-10-30 through 2009-03-31; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-10-17 through 2016-10-17; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 66 rows; 2006-08-22 through 2014-12-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2011-09-23 through 2017-03-17; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 100 rows; 2006-08-22 through 2009-03-13; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 7 rows; 2008-07-23 through 2016-07-08; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 88 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2006-06-15 through 2010-07-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 29 rows; 2006-07-31 through 2016-10-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 25 rows; 2006-08-30 through 2009-02-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 8 rows; 2006-08-30 through 2009-02-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 67 rows; 2006-08-22 through 2014-12-11; 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/mine-no-17-4003279`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-17-4003279`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4003279/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4003279/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4003279/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`