# Buckeye Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608769
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** NuFac Mining Company, Inc.
- **Controller:** James C  Justice III
- **Public source rows linked:** 592
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice III (0171761) → NuFac Mining Company, Inc. (0095328) → Buckeye Mine (4608769)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **John P  Dillon → Wesley Leasing Inc:** 1999-03-01 through 2006-10-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608769; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James E  Trent → Coal America, Inc.:** 2006-10-16 through 2006-03-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608769; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth D  Bowles → Coal America, Inc.:** 2006-10-16 through 2008-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608769; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Martin E  McGee → Buckeye Energy Inc:** 2008-04-01 through 2008-11-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608769; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → NuFac Mining Company, Inc.:** 2008-11-03 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608769; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mechel Oao → NuFac Mining Company, Inc.:** 2009-05-07 through 2015-02-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608769; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → NuFac Mining Company, Inc.:** 2015-02-12 through 2017-05-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608769; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → NuFac Mining Company, Inc.:** 2017-05-23 through 2022-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608769; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → NuFac Mining Company, Inc.:** 2017-05-23 through 2022-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608769; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → NuFac Mining Company, Inc.:** 2022-08-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608769; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 23
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 98 violation rows across the full record; 28 carry an S&S flag and $36,440 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 147 samples:** Occupational health samples 128 coal dust; 9 coal quartz; 10 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 — 116 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 58 contested-violation rows, 58 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 — 1 since 2021:** Inspections 32 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 75.1700 — Oil and gas wells.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1700
- **30 CFR 75.1103-4 — Automatic fire sensor and warning device systems; installation; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-4
- **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 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **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 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **30 CFR 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2009-03-30 through 2009-03-30; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-03-20 through 2024-03-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 96 rows; 2000-02-10 through 2010-04-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 58 rows; 2010-12-27 through 2013-04-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 128 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2010-01-20; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 58 rows; 2009-03-31 through 2010-04-19; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 1999-03-01 through 2008-11-03; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 32 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2024-03-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 84 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 10 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2009-02-24; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 9 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2009-12-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 98 rows; 2000-02-10 through 2010-04-19; 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/buckeye-mine-4608769`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/buckeye-mine-4608769`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608769/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608769/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608769/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`