# Darby Road Mine #1 - **MSHA mine ID:** 4407253 - **Status:** Temporarily Idled - **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous) - **Location:** Wise, VA - **Operator:** Virginia Fuels Corporation - **Controller:** Jillean L Justice; James C Justice lll - **Public source rows linked:** 684 - **Source coverage:** 15 / 20 - **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z ## Current entity hierarchy **Jillean L Justice; James C Justice lll (0091855) → Virginia Fuels Corporation (0112288) → Darby Road Mine #1 (4407253)** 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:** 2009-03-03 through 2010-09-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407253; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **James C Justice II et al → Virginia Fuels Corporation:** 2010-09-22 through 2017-02-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407253; 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 4407253; 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 4407253; 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00. ## Assessment signals 1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 158 lost days across the published record. 2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 92 violation rows across the full record; 34 carry an S&S flag and $76,459 appears in current assessed amounts. 3. **HEALTH — 64 samples:** Occupational health samples 41 coal dust; 23 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 124 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 58 contested-violation rows, 58 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 8 conference records linked by issuance number. 6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 — 4 since 2021:** Inspections 35 inspection events and 858 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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104 - **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404 - **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 - **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606 - **30 CFR 50.40 — Maintenance of records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-E/section-50.40 - **30 CFR 77.403 — Mobile equipment; falling object protective structures (FOPS).** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.403 - **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 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2 - **30 CFR 77.1712 — Reopening mines; notification; inspection prior to mining.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1712 ## Source coverage - **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2011-11-10 through 2011-11-10; source ID `msha-accidents` - **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-01-31 through 2018-01-31; source ID `msha-addresses` - **Assessed Violations:** 91 rows; 2009-05-07 through 2017-07-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations` - **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 58 rows; 2011-10-18 through 2020-06-10; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions` - **Coal Dust Samples:** 41 rows; 2009-05-12 through 2017-06-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples` - **Conferences:** 8 rows; 2011-08-19 through 2014-09-25; source ID `msha-conferences` - **Contested Violations:** 58 rows; 2010-10-22 through 2017-07-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations` - **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 226 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly` - **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 36 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly` - **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2009-03-03 through 2010-09-22; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history` - **Inspections:** 35 rows; 2009-05-07 through 2026-08-05; source ID `msha-inspections` - **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly` - **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines` - **Noise Samples:** 23 rows; 2009-05-12 through 2012-01-10; source ID `msha-noise-samples` - **Violations:** 92 rows; 2009-05-07 through 2017-07-12; 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/darby-road-mine-1-4407253` - JSON: `/api/v1/mines/darby-road-mine-1-4407253` - Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407253/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows) - Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407253/relationships` - MCP resource: `mine://4407253/assessment` - Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`