# No 1 Strip

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407034
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Dickenson, VA
- **Operator:** Virginia Fuel Corporation
- **Controller:** Jillean L  Justice; James C  Justice lll
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,556
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jillean L  Justice; James C  Justice lll (0091855) → Virginia Fuel Corporation (0112288) → No 1 Strip (4407034)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Gerald D  Thomas → Thomas Energy, Inc.:** 2001-06-01 through 2008-07-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407034; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David C  Cooper → Cooper Coal Inc:** 2008-07-15 through 2009-08-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407034; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arlie J  Lambert et al → Lambert Coal Company, Inc.:** 2009-08-19 through 2010-07-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407034; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dennis B  Sutherland et al → Lambert Coal Company, Inc.:** 2009-08-19 through 2010-07-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407034; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Virginia Fuel Corporation:** 2010-07-28 through 2017-02-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407034; 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 4407034; 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 4407034; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 16
- 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 19 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 917 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 221 violation rows across the full record; 90 carry an S&S flag and $52,864 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 219 samples:** Occupational health samples 141 coal dust; 22 coal quartz; 56 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 79 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 36 contested-violation rows, 36 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 12 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 66 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 72.100 — Periodic examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-B/section-72.100
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 72.620 — Drill dust control at surface mines and surface areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.620
- **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 77.502 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 19 rows; 2001-10-16 through 2012-03-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-02-01 through 2021-02-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 220 rows; 2001-09-13 through 2018-07-24; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 36 rows; 2009-12-17 through 2016-07-15; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 141 rows; 2001-09-17 through 2015-09-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 7 rows; 2004-11-08 through 2012-09-11; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 36 rows; 2007-10-12 through 2015-11-04; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,340 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 277 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2001-06-01 through 2010-07-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 66 rows; 2001-08-28 through 2026-09-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 88 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 56 rows; 2001-09-17 through 2013-02-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 22 rows; 2003-05-13 through 2009-01-21; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 221 rows; 2001-09-13 through 2018-07-24; 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/no-1-strip-4407034`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-1-strip-4407034`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407034/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407034/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407034/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`