# Strip #8

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406948
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wise, VA
- **Operator:** A & G Coal Corporation
- **Controller:** James C  Justice III
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,742
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice III (0171761) → A & G Coal Corporation (P21141) → Strip #8 (4406948)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Jerry W  Wharton → A & G Coal Corporation:** 1999-03-01 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406948; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → A & G Coal Corporation:** 2009-04-30 through 2017-03-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406948; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → A & G Coal Corporation:** 2017-03-27 through 2022-10-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406948; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → A & G Coal Corporation:** 2017-03-27 through 2022-10-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406948; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → A & G Coal Corporation:** 2022-10-03 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406948; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 10
- 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 24 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,126 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 113 violation rows across the full record; 46 carry an S&S flag and $55,774 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 122 samples:** Occupational health samples 77 coal dust; 4 coal quartz; 41 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 960 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 66 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 33 contested-violation rows, 33 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 86 inspection events and 2K 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 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **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 77.107-1 — Plans for training programs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-B/section-77.107-1
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 48.29 — Records of training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.29
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 24 rows; 2000-04-30 through 2009-11-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-12-30 through 2025-12-30; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 110 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2018-09-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 33 rows; 2009-11-20 through 2017-11-27; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 77 rows; 2000-03-09 through 2008-09-04; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 33 rows; 2008-09-03 through 2016-07-27; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 905 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 157 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1999-03-01 through 1999-03-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 86 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2026-09-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 132 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 41 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2008-09-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 4 rows; 2004-11-09 through 2008-09-04; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 113 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2018-09-26; 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/strip-8-4406948`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/strip-8-4406948`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406948/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406948/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406948/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`