# VFC-Washer

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406230
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Lee, VA
- **Operator:** Virginia Fuels Corporation
- **Controller:** Jillean L  Justice; James C  Justice lll
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,245
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jillean L  Justice; James C  Justice lll (0091855) → Virginia Fuels Corporation (0112288) → VFC-Washer (4406230)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James A  Sigmon → Sigmon Coal Company, Inc.:** 1985-07-01 through 2010-09-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406230; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Virginia Fuels Corporation:** 2010-09-02 through 2017-02-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406230; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Virginia Fuels Corporation:** 2017-02-13 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406230; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Virginia Fuels Corporation:** 2017-02-13 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406230; 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 18 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 341 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 6 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 622 violation rows across the full record; 284 carry an S&S flag and $118,245 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 242 samples:** Occupational health samples 163 coal dust; 7 coal quartz; 72 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 60 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 302 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 142 contested-violation rows, 142 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 18 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 24 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 — 17 since 2021:** Inspections 231 inspection events and 5K 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 77.216-3 — 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 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **30 CFR 77.216 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; general.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 77.1707 — First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1707
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 18 rows; 2000-02-25 through 2014-11-19; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-05-01 through 2026-05-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 612 rows; 2000-03-27 through 2024-07-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 142 rows; 2009-04-20 through 2017-09-29; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 163 rows; 2000-03-27 through 2026-03-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 18 rows; 2008-02-04 through 2014-09-25; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 142 rows; 2007-11-14 through 2017-01-13; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,666 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 348 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1985-07-01 through 2010-09-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 231 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2026-10-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 162 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 36 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 72 rows; 2000-03-27 through 2026-03-17; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 7 rows; 2002-09-11 through 2015-04-16; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 622 rows; 2000-03-27 through 2026-08-13; 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/vfc-washer-4406230`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/vfc-washer-4406230`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406230/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406230/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406230/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`