# Strip #26

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407276
- **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:** 174
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice III (0171761) → A&G Coal Corporation (P21141) → Strip #26 (4407276)**

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:** 2010-11-23 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407276; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → A&G Coal Corporation:** 2010-11-23 through 2017-03-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407276; 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 4407276; 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 4407276; 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 4407276; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 10
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 20 violation rows across the full record; 6 carry an S&S flag and $3,603 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 50 samples:** Occupational health samples 28 coal dust; 22 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 26 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 13 contested-violation rows, 13 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 22 inspection events and 310 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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 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 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2012-06-21 through 2012-06-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-02-04 through 2020-02-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 20 rows; 2012-07-20 through 2019-08-28; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 13 rows; 2013-06-21 through 2020-04-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 28 rows; 2012-07-24 through 2020-01-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 13 rows; 2012-07-20 through 2019-08-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2010-11-23 through 2010-11-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 22 rows; 2011-01-19 through 2026-09-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 22 rows; 2012-07-30 through 2020-01-08; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 20 rows; 2012-07-20 through 2019-08-28; 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-26-4407276`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/strip-26-4407276`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407276/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407276/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407276/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`