# Keystone No 1 Preparation Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4603444
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Keystone Service Industries, Inc.
- **Controller:** James C  Justice III
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,866
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice III (0171761) → Keystone Service Industries, Inc. (P18954) → Keystone No 1 Preparation Plant (4603444)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Eastern Gas & Fuel Association → Eastern Associated Coal Corp:** 1972-06-01 through 1987-05-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hanson PLC → Eastern Associated Coal Corp:** 1987-05-15 through 1987-08-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Keystone Service Industries Inc:** 1987-08-18 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mechel Oao → Keystone Service Industries Inc:** 2009-05-07 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mechel Oao → Second Sterling Corp.:** 2009-05-07 through 2010-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mechel Oao → Keystone Service Industries, Inc.:** 2010-08-01 through 2015-02-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Keystone Service Industries, Inc.:** 2010-08-01 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Keystone Service Industries Inc:** 2015-02-12 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Keystone Service Industries, Inc.:** 2015-02-12 through 2017-05-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Keystone Service Industries Inc:** 2017-05-15 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Keystone Service Industries Inc:** 2017-05-15 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Keystone Service Industries, Inc.:** 2017-05-15 through 2022-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Keystone Service Industries, Inc.:** 2017-05-15 through 2022-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Keystone Service Industries Inc:** 2022-08-24 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Keystone Service Industries, Inc.:** 2022-08-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 15
- Typed edges: 28
- Interval anomalies: 6
- 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 29 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,524 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 7 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 694 violation rows across the full record; 303 carry an S&S flag and $221,413 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 178 samples:** Occupational health samples 124 coal dust; 11 coal quartz; 43 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 15K employee hours and 31 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 444 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 211 contested-violation rows, 211 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 22 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 23 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 — 33 since 2021:** Inspections 223 inspection events and 5K 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 77.205 — 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 48.31 — Hazard training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 77.216 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; general.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 48.25 — Training of new miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.25
- **30 CFR 48.26 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.26
- **30 CFR 77.216-3 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; inspection requirements; correction of hazards; program requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-3
- **30 CFR 77.216-4 — Water, sediment or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; reporting requirements; certification.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-4

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 29 rows; 2001-03-14 through 2011-06-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2011-02-23 through 2011-02-23; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 686 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2026-07-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 211 rows; 2009-02-10 through 2022-07-25; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 124 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2011-01-29; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 22 rows; 2000-11-08 through 2007-08-23; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 211 rows; 2007-08-13 through 2021-11-29; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,313 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 224 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 15 rows; 1972-06-01 through 2010-08-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 223 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2026-10-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 23 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 43 rows; 2002-01-29 through 2010-02-02; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 11 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2010-02-16; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 694 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2026-07-22; 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/keystone-no-1-preparation-plant-4603444`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/keystone-no-1-preparation-plant-4603444`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4603444/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4603444/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4603444/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`