# Orchard Loadout

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4604734
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Raleigh, WV
- **Operator:** Tams Management, Inc
- **Controller:** James C  Justice III
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,513
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice III (0171761) → Tams Management, Inc (0108546) → Orchard Loadout (4604734)**

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 → Orchard Coal Company:** 1975-08-01 through 1988-04-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604734; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert R  Bowling → Pocahontas Coal Sales Inc:** 1988-04-08 through 2001-08-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604734; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Orchard Coal Company Incorporated:** 2001-08-23 through 1988-04-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604734; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Orchard Coal Company:** 2001-08-23 through 1988-04-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604734; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Orchard Coal Company Incorporated:** 2001-08-23 through 2010-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604734; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Kentucky Fuels Inc:** 2010-04-30 through 2015-06-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604734; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Orchard Coal Company:** 2015-06-08 through 1988-04-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604734; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Orchard Coal Company:** 2015-06-08 through 2015-10-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604734; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Tams Management, Inc:** 2015-10-06 through 2023-03-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604734; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Tams Management, Inc:** 2015-10-06 through 2023-03-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604734; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Kentucky Fuels Inc:** 2017-04-14 through 2015-06-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604734; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Kentucky Fuels Inc:** 2017-04-14 through 2015-06-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604734; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Kentucky Fuels Inc:** 2022-09-14 through 2015-06-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604734; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Tams Management, Inc:** 2023-03-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604734; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 14
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 37 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 44 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 128 violation rows across the full record; 16 carry an S&S flag and $21,018 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 43 samples:** Occupational health samples 23 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 19 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 3K employee hours and 6 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 80 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 38 contested-violation rows, 38 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 10 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 — 18 since 2021:** Inspections 54 inspection events and 1K 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 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 71.209 — Status change reports.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.209
- **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 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.810 — High-voltage equipment; grounding.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.810
- **30 CFR 77.511 — Danger signs at electrical installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.511
- **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 77.1109 — 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 77.1110 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2002-04-18 through 2002-04-18; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-07-21 through 2026-07-21; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 119 rows; 2015-07-27 through 2026-02-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 38 rows; 2016-06-24 through 2022-09-08; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 23 rows; 2015-12-30 through 2025-04-16; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2015-11-03 through 2015-11-24; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 38 rows; 2015-07-28 through 2022-04-08; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 823 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 176 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 14 rows; 1975-08-01 through 2015-10-06; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 54 rows; 2000-06-01 through 2026-07-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 57 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 19 rows; 2015-12-30 through 2025-03-26; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2022-04-04 through 2022-04-04; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 128 rows; 2015-07-27 through 2026-02-05; 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/orchard-loadout-4604734`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/orchard-loadout-4604734`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4604734/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4604734/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4604734/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`