# K-2 Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609316
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wyoming, WV
- **Operator:** Nufac Mining Company Inc
- **Controller:** James C  Justice III
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,204
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice III (0171761) → Nufac Mining Company Inc (0095328) → K-2 Plant (4609316)**

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 → M & P Services, Inc.:** 2008-11-03 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mechel Oao → M & P Services, Inc.:** 2009-05-07 through 2009-05-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mechel Oao → Bluestone Coal Corporation:** 2009-05-08 through 2010-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Bluestone Coal Corporation:** 2009-05-08 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mechel Oao → M&P Services, Inc.:** 2010-08-01 through 2010-10-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → M&P Services, Inc.:** 2010-08-01 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mechel Oao → Nufac Mining Company Inc:** 2010-10-25 through 2015-02-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Nufac Mining Company Inc:** 2010-10-25 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609316; 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 4609316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → M & P Services, Inc.:** 2015-02-12 through 2009-05-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Bluestone Coal Corporation:** 2015-02-12 through 2010-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → M&P Services, Inc.:** 2015-02-12 through 2010-10-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609316; 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 4609316; 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 4609316; 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 4609316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 15
- Typed edges: 27
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 4 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 146 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 362 violation rows across the full record; 99 carry an S&S flag and $141,308 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 136 samples:** Occupational health samples 76 coal dust; 6 coal quartz; 54 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 9 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 8K employee hours and 16 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 326 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 161 contested-violation rows, 161 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 — 45 since 2021:** Inspections 106 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 11,851
- **Average employees:** 7
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 2

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.512 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.512
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 71.404 — Application for waiver of surface facilities requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.404
- **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 77.205 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2011-01-18 through 2019-04-30; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-08-10 through 2026-08-10; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 339 rows; 2010-10-07 through 2026-06-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 161 rows; 2014-08-18 through 2024-05-16; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 76 rows; 2011-09-14 through 2026-06-04; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2019-08-21 through 2019-08-21; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 161 rows; 2013-03-26 through 2023-08-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 655 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 125 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 15 rows; 2008-11-03 through 2010-10-25; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 106 rows; 2009-08-12 through 2026-08-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 111 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 25 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 54 rows; 2011-09-14 through 2026-08-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 6 rows; 2020-11-04 through 2026-06-04; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 362 rows; 2010-10-07 through 2026-06-04; 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/k-2-plant-4609316`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/k-2-plant-4609316`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609316/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609316/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609316/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`