James C Justice III controller
MSHA controller ID: 0171761
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 27
- Mines on record
- 5
- Years on record
- 2022–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
1,938
citations
536
significant & substantial
$5,620,976
proposed penalties
$432,710
paid to date
8% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,188,266 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
485
inspections on record
10,402
inspection hours
18.6
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.1,938 citations across 10,402 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$5.6M
proposed penalties
$5.0M
current assessed
$433K
paid to date
$4.6M
outstanding
1,746 assessments are final orders; 72 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 8 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 5 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 3 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
- OTHER 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
3
2025
10
2024
5
2023
7
2022
2
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- BELCHER BRANCH WV
- Bishop Impoundment Area WV
- Tams No.1 Surface Mine WV
- No.32 WV
- Baden #1 VA
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