# Justice #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4607273
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** Independence Coal Company Inc
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 21,546
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc (0127923) → Independence Coal Company Inc (P21654) → Justice #1 (4607273)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Henry Paul  Kizer et al → Birchfield Mining Inc:** 1950-01-01 through 1989-11-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607273; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Castle Rock Coal Corp → Birchfield Mining Inc:** 1989-11-10 through 1994-07-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607273; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Philip  Farley → Oasis Contracting Inc:** 1994-07-07 through 1997-03-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607273; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Independence Coal Company Inc:** 1997-03-12 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607273; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Independence Coal Company Inc:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607273; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Independence Coal Company Inc:** 2016-07-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607273; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 16
- Interval anomalies: 0
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 373 historical accident/injury rows; 3 coded fatalities and 9,743 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 4,471 violation rows across the full record; 2,040 carry an S&S flag and $4,449,638 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 2,181 coal dust; 153 coal quartz; 165 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 30 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 626 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2,408 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1,057 contested-violation rows, 1,160 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 191 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 30 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 1,163 inspection events and 37K 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 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403
- **30 CFR 75.601 — Short circuit protection of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601
- **30 CFR 75.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.904
- **30 CFR 75.1405 — Automatic couplers.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1405
- **30 CFR 75.1107-13 — Approval of other fire suppression devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-13
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 373 rows; 2000-01-14 through 2014-02-04; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-04-07 through 2014-04-07; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 4,370 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2014-01-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1,160 rows; 2000-04-04 through 2015-08-25; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 2,181 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2013-05-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 191 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2013-07-03; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1,057 rows; 2003-05-09 through 2013-06-26; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 5,037 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1,029 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1997-03-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 1,163 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2014-04-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 152 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 36 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 165 rows; 2000-02-16 through 2013-04-24; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 153 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2013-04-17; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 4,471 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2014-01-07; 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/justice-1-4607273`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/justice-1-4607273`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4607273/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4607273/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4607273/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`