# Fork Ridge Strip

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406972
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wise, VA
- **Operator:** A & G Coal Corp
- **Controller:** James C  Justice III
- **Public source rows linked:** 241
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice III (0171761) → A & G Coal Corp (P21141) → Fork Ridge Strip (4406972)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Jerry W  Wharton → A & G Coal Corp:** 1999-10-01 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406972; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → A & G Coal Corp:** 2009-04-30 through 2017-03-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406972; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → A & G Coal Corp:** 2017-03-27 through 2022-10-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406972; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → A & G Coal Corp:** 2017-03-27 through 2022-10-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406972; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → A & G Coal Corp:** 2022-10-03 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406972; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 10
- Interval anomalies: 0
- 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 11 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 653 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 16 violation rows across the full record; 8 carry an S&S flag and $1,422 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 69 samples:** Occupational health samples 43 coal dust; 7 coal quartz; 19 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 7 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 — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 24 inspection events and 412 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 62.130 — Permissible exposure level.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.130
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 11 rows; 2000-08-07 through 2003-03-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-02-02 through 2004-02-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 16 rows; 2000-04-20 through 2003-05-03; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 43 rows; 2000-05-10 through 2003-05-02; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 60 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1999-10-01 through 1999-10-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 24 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2003-12-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 19 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2003-04-25; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 7 rows; 2001-06-19 through 2003-05-02; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 16 rows; 2000-04-20 through 2003-05-03; 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/fork-ridge-strip-4406972`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/fork-ridge-strip-4406972`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406972/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406972/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406972/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`