Justice Energy Company, Inc. operator
Controlled by
James C Justice III
MSHA operator ID: 0089765
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 27
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2008–2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
485
citations
172
significant & substantial
$1,036,680
proposed penalties
$492,244
paid to date
47% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $544,437 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
113
inspections on record
3,495
inspection hours
13.9
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.485 citations across 3,495 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.$1.1M
proposed penalties
$770K
current assessed
$509K
paid to date
$261K
outstanding
467 assessments are final orders; 67 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 9 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 7 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 6 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 3 non-fatal
- EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 1 non-fatal
- FIRE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2023
1
2021
4
2018
1
2013
6
2012
3
2011
8
2010
2
2008
2
Mines on record
- No.32 WV
- Red Fox Surface Mine WV
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