# Ranger Fuel Preparation Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4605868
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wyoming, WV
- **Operator:** Bluestone Oil Corp.
- **Controller:** James C  Justice III
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,691
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice III (0171761) → Bluestone Oil Corp. (0164073) → Ranger Fuel Preparation Plant (4605868)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Usx Corp → U S Steel Mining Company Llc:** 1978-11-01 through 2003-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Questor Management Company LLC  et al → Pinnacle Mining Company LLC:** 2003-07-01 through 2007-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Benjamin M  Statler et al → Pinnacle Mining Company LLC:** 2003-07-01 through 2007-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleveland-Cliffs Inc → Pinnacle Mining Company LLC:** 2007-07-31 through 2015-12-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) → Pinnacle Mining Company LLC:** 2015-12-22 through 2016-11-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **ERP Compliant Fuels, LLC → Pinnacle Mining Company LLC:** 2016-11-18 through 2019-05-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Bluestone Oil Corp.:** 2019-05-15 through 2022-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Bluestone Oil Corp.:** 2019-05-15 through 2022-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Bluestone Oil Corp.:** 2022-08-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605868; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 19
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 111 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 8,198 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 71 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 989 violation rows across the full record; 225 carry an S&S flag and $367,276 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 685 samples:** Occupational health samples 522 coal dust; 50 coal quartz; 113 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 21 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 46K employee hours and 106 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 328 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 131 contested-violation rows, 131 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 66 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 16 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 — 50 since 2021:** Inspections 184 inspection events and 8K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 7,492
- **Average employees:** 4
- **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 77.216 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216
- **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 77.205 — 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
- **30 CFR 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207
- **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 48.26 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.26
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **30 CFR 77.210 — Hoisting of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.210
- **30 CFR 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 77.1710 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1710

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 111 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2020-04-17; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-11-06 through 2025-11-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 955 rows; 2000-05-31 through 2025-11-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 131 rows; 2003-09-05 through 2023-08-17; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 522 rows; 2000-01-07 through 2021-09-13; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 66 rows; 2000-08-16 through 2019-02-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 131 rows; 2002-05-13 through 2022-12-29; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,048 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 317 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 1978-11-01 through 2019-05-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 184 rows; 2000-03-09 through 2026-10-13; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 39 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 113 rows; 2000-03-14 through 2019-10-21; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 50 rows; 2000-08-21 through 2019-10-21; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 989 rows; 2000-05-31 through 2026-10-13; 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/ranger-fuel-preparation-plant-4605868`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/ranger-fuel-preparation-plant-4605868`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4605868/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4605868/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4605868/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`