# No.32

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4603404
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Justice Energy Company, Inc.
- **Controller:** James C  Justice III
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,258
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice III (0171761) → Justice Energy Company, Inc. (0089765) → No.32 (4603404)**

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 → Bluestone Coal Corporation:** 1950-01-01 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mechel Oao → Bluestone Coal Corporation:** 2009-05-07 through 2015-02-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Bluestone Coal Corporation:** 2015-02-12 through 2019-03-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Tams Management, Inc.:** 2019-03-04 through 2021-05-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Tams Management, Inc.:** 2019-03-04 through 2021-05-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mechel Oao → Justice Energy Company, Inc.:** 2021-05-10 through 2015-02-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Justice Energy Company, Inc.:** 2021-05-10 through 2022-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Justice Energy Company, Inc.:** 2021-05-10 through 2022-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Justice Energy Company, Inc.:** 2021-05-10 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Justice Energy Company, Inc.:** 2021-05-10 through 2017-05-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Justice Energy Company, Inc.:** 2022-08-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Tams Management, Inc.:** 2023-03-17 through 2021-05-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603404; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 12
- Typed edges: 24
- Interval anomalies: 4
- 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 — 4 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 19 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 892 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 156 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 372 violation rows across the full record; 126 carry an S&S flag and $235,916 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 179 samples:** Occupational health samples 128 coal dust; 12 coal quartz; 39 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 — 360 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 170 contested-violation rows, 170 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 20 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 — 36 since 2021:** Inspections 100 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 44,831 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 38,767
- **Average employees:** 24
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **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 77.200 — Surface installations; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.200
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1007 — Drilling; general.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1007

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 19 rows; 2000-05-12 through 2023-06-26; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-08-22 through 2024-08-22; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 359 rows; 2000-09-05 through 2024-09-03; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 170 rows; 2005-06-23 through 2024-11-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 128 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2024-03-15; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 20 rows; 2000-09-19 through 2004-05-12; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 170 rows; 2004-07-12 through 2024-04-24; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,352 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 259 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 12 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2021-05-10; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 100 rows; 2000-03-23 through 2026-10-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 220 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 39 rows; 2001-09-17 through 2024-03-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 12 rows; 2000-03-23 through 2023-05-24; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 372 rows; 2000-09-05 through 2024-09-03; 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-32-4603404`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-32-4603404`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4603404/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4603404/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4603404/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`