# Wilson #2 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407275
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wise, VA
- **Operator:** Virginia Fuel Corporation
- **Controller:** Jillean L  Justice; James C  Justice lll
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,561
- **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) → Wilson #2 Mine (4407275)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James C  Justice II et al → Virginia Fuel Corporation:** 2010-10-21 through 2014-04-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407275; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steve A  Rife → Professional Miners LLC:** 2014-04-07 through 2014-12-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407275; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Virginia Fuel Corporation:** 2014-12-05 through 2017-02-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407275; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Virginia Fuel Corporation:** 2017-02-13 through 2014-04-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407275; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Virginia Fuel Corporation:** 2017-02-13 through 2014-04-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407275; 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 4407275; 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 4407275; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 13
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 10 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 221 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 308 violation rows across the full record; 79 carry an S&S flag and $193,643 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 272 samples:** Occupational health samples 250 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 21 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 251 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 124 contested-violation rows, 124 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 — 8 since 2021:** Inspections 85 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 75.1712-2 — Location of surface facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1712-2
- **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
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1710 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1710
- **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 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **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 75.1721 — Opening of new underground coal mines, or reopening and reactivating of abandoned or deactivated coal mines, notification by the operator; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1721
- **30 CFR 70.208 — Quarterly sampling; mechanized mining units.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-C/section-70.208

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 10 rows; 2011-04-20 through 2014-03-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-10-02 through 2018-10-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 298 rows; 2010-12-21 through 2018-01-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 124 rows; 2011-12-08 through 2017-08-15; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 250 rows; 2010-12-28 through 2014-08-05; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2012-02-17 through 2014-03-13; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 124 rows; 2011-01-07 through 2016-06-15; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 194 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 46 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2010-10-21 through 2014-12-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 85 rows; 2010-10-28 through 2026-09-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 74 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 21 rows; 2011-01-12 through 2014-07-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2014-08-05 through 2014-08-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 308 rows; 2010-12-21 through 2018-01-18; 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/wilson-2-mine-4407275`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/wilson-2-mine-4407275`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407275/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407275/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407275/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`