# Tams No.1 Surface Mine - **MSHA mine ID:** 4608716 - **Status:** Active - **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous) - **Location:** Raleigh, WV - **Operator:** Tams Management, Inc - **Controller:** James C Justice III - **Public source rows linked:** 4,145 - **Source coverage:** 17 / 20 - **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z ## Current entity hierarchy **James C Justice III (0171761) → Tams Management, Inc (0108546) → Tams No.1 Surface Mine (4608716)** Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim. ## Controller and operator valid-time history - **Fred Browning → Triple B Leasing Corp:** 1998-05-01 through 2001-08-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608716; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **James C Justice II et al → Bluestone Coal Corporation:** 2001-08-08 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608716; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Mechel Oao → Bluestone Coal Corporation:** 2009-05-07 through 2010-03-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608716; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Jillean L Justice et al → Tams Management, Inc.:** 2010-03-30 through 2011-06-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608716; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **James C Justice lll et al → Tams Management, Inc.:** 2010-03-30 through 2011-06-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608716; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **James C Justice II et al → Kentucky Fuel Corporation:** 2011-06-16 through 2012-12-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608716; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **James C Justice lll et al → Tams Management, Inc:** 2012-12-21 through 2023-03-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608716; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Jillean L Justice et al → Tams Management, Inc:** 2012-12-21 through 2023-03-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608716; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **James C Justice II et al → Bluestone Coal Corporation:** 2015-02-12 through 2010-03-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608716; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Jillean L Justice et al → Kentucky Fuel Corporation:** 2017-04-14 through 2012-12-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608716; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **James C Justice lll et al → Kentucky Fuel Corporation:** 2017-04-14 through 2012-12-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608716; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **James C Justice III → Kentucky Fuel Corporation:** 2022-09-14 through 2012-12-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608716; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **James C Justice III → Tams Management, Inc.:** 2023-03-17 through 2011-06-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608716; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **James C Justice III → Tams Management, Inc:** 2023-03-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608716; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - History rows: 14 - Typed edges: 28 - Interval anomalies: 5 - 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 17 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,572 lost days across the published record. 2. **COMPLIANCE — 56 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 389 violation rows across the full record; 123 carry an S&S flag and $147,036 appears in current assessed amounts. 3. **HEALTH — 183 samples:** Occupational health samples 133 coal dust; 12 coal quartz; 38 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 8 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 — 7K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 5K employee hours and 10 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter. 5. **LEGAL — 431 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 213 contested-violation rows, 216 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 conference records linked by issuance number. 6. **CONTRACTORS — 13 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 — 17 since 2021:** Inspections 96 inspection events and 3K published inspection hours across the historical record. ## EIA annual operating context - **Reporting year:** 2024 - **Production:** 3,077 short tons - **Labor hours:** 8,799 - **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (9 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606 - **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 ## Source coverage - **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 17 rows; 2002-01-10 through 2025-06-05; source ID `msha-accidents` - **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-04-20 through 2026-04-20; source ID `msha-addresses` - **Assessed Violations:** 360 rows; 2000-05-09 through 2025-07-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations` - **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 216 rows; 2005-01-11 through 2025-04-15; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions` - **Coal Dust Samples:** 133 rows; 2000-05-23 through 2026-09-24; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples` - **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2016-03-17 through 2016-03-17; source ID `msha-conferences` - **Contested Violations:** 213 rows; 2010-04-28 through 2024-12-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations` - **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,155 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly` - **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 410 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly` - **Controller and Operator History:** 14 rows; 1998-05-01 through 2012-12-21; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history` - **Inspections:** 96 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2026-09-23; source ID `msha-inspections` - **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 69 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly` - **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly` - **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines` - **Noise Samples:** 38 rows; 2000-05-09 through 2026-09-24; source ID `msha-noise-samples` - **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 12 rows; 2000-05-23 through 2025-08-13; source ID `msha-quartz-samples` - **Violations:** 389 rows; 2000-05-09 through 2025-07-29; 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/tams-no-1-surface-mine-4608716` - JSON: `/api/v1/mines/tams-no-1-surface-mine-4608716` - Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608716/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows) - Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608716/relationships` - MCP resource: `mine://4608716/assessment` - Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`