# No 57 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608786
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Nufac Mining Company, Inc
- **Controller:** James C  Justice III
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,621
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice III (0171761) → Nufac Mining Company, Inc (0095328) → No 57 Mine (4608786)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Kenneth Cline  Walls II → W L Inc:** 1999-07-01 through 2001-09-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608786; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas W  Lusk → Glow Worm Coal Company:** 2001-09-17 through 2002-07-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608786; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jimmy D  Richmond → Rightway Coal Company:** 2002-07-22 through 2003-03-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608786; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas W  Lusk → Glow Worm Coal Co Inc:** 2003-03-12 through 2005-01-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608786; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **MELISSA  CLINE → Glow Worm Coal Company:** 2005-01-12 through 2002-07-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608786; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **MELISSA  CLINE → Glow Worm Coal Co Inc:** 2005-01-12 through 2010-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608786; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mechel Oao → Pay Car Mining, Inc.:** 2010-09-01 through 2015-02-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608786; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Pay Car Mining, Inc.:** 2010-09-01 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608786; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Pay Car Mining, Inc.:** 2015-02-12 through 2017-05-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608786; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mechel Oao → Nufac Mining Company, Inc:** 2017-05-23 through 2015-02-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608786; 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 4608786; 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 4608786; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Nufac Mining Company, Inc:** 2017-05-23 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608786; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Nufac Mining Company, Inc:** 2017-05-23 through 2017-05-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608786; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Pay Car Mining, Inc.:** 2017-06-21 through 2017-05-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608786; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Pay Car Mining, Inc.:** 2017-06-21 through 2017-05-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608786; 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 4608786; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Pay Car Mining, Inc.:** 2023-04-10 through 2017-05-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608786; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 18
- Typed edges: 37
- Interval anomalies: 8
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 275 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 247 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 599 violation rows across the full record; 93 carry an S&S flag and $313,441 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 710 samples:** Occupational health samples 610 coal dust; 49 coal quartz; 51 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 — 5K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 3K employee hours and 7 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 524 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 262 contested-violation rows, 262 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 — 34 since 2021:** Inspections 132 inspection events and 4K 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 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **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 48.8 — Annual refresher training of 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-A/section-48.8
- **30 CFR 72.100 — Periodic examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-B/section-72.100
- **30 CFR 48.9 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.9
- **30 CFR 75.362 — On-shift examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.362
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2017-08-14 through 2022-05-24; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-03-28 through 2025-03-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 585 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2022-12-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 262 rows; 2019-02-15 through 2024-10-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 610 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2022-06-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 262 rows; 2017-08-21 through 2024-03-04; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 18 rows; 1999-07-01 through 2017-05-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 132 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2026-06-12; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 13 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:** 51 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2021-12-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 49 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2022-03-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 599 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2022-12-05; 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/no-57-mine-4608786`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-57-mine-4608786`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608786/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608786/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608786/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`