# Green Ridge #1 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609030
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wyoming, WV
- **Operator:** Pinnacle Mining Company LLC
- **Controller:** ERP Compliant Fuels, LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,711
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**ERP Compliant Fuels, LLC (0130321) → Pinnacle Mining Company LLC (0051370) → Green Ridge #1 Mine (4609030)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Philip T  Lambert → Pineville Equipment Company, Inc.:** 2004-04-01 through 2004-04-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609030; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Questor Management Company LLC  et al → Pinnacle Mining Company, LLC:** 2004-04-26 through 2004-05-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609030; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Benjamin M  Statler et al → Pinnacle Mining Company, LLC:** 2004-04-26 through 2004-05-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609030; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Philip T  Lambert → Pineville Equipment Company, Inc.:** 2004-05-14 through 2004-07-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609030; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Questor Management Company LLC  et al → Pinnacle Mining Company LLC:** 2004-07-15 through 2007-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609030; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Benjamin M  Statler et al → Pinnacle Mining Company LLC:** 2004-07-15 through 2007-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609030; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleveland-Cliffs Inc → Pinnacle Mining Company, LLC:** 2007-07-31 through 2004-05-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609030; 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 4609030; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) → Pinnacle Mining Company, LLC:** 2015-12-22 through 2004-05-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609030; 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 4609030; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **ERP Compliant Fuels, LLC → Pinnacle Mining Company, LLC:** 2016-11-18 through 2004-05-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609030; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **ERP Compliant Fuels, LLC → Pinnacle Mining Company LLC:** 2016-11-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609030; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 12
- Typed edges: 21
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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 25 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 771 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 559 violation rows across the full record; 175 carry an S&S flag and $526,259 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 475 samples:** Occupational health samples 431 coal dust; 24 coal quartz; 20 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 244 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 109 contested-violation rows, 109 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 26 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 73 inspection events and 4K 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 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.381 — Escapeways; anthracite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.381
- **30 CFR 75.1710-1 — Canopies or cabs; self-propelled diesel-powered and electric face equipment; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1710-1
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.601-1 — Short circuit protection; ratings and settings of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601-1
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 25 rows; 2004-05-27 through 2009-12-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-06-03 through 2010-06-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 550 rows; 2004-06-28 through 2010-01-25; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 109 rows; 2008-05-13 through 2013-07-16; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 431 rows; 2001-04-12 through 2010-01-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 26 rows; 2004-11-18 through 2007-08-23; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 109 rows; 2006-10-12 through 2009-10-23; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 642 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 118 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 12 rows; 2004-04-01 through 2004-07-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 73 rows; 2004-04-09 through 2010-05-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 20 rows; 2005-02-28 through 2008-12-03; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 24 rows; 2004-12-21 through 2010-01-25; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 559 rows; 2004-05-28 through 2010-01-25; 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/green-ridge-1-mine-4609030`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/green-ridge-1-mine-4609030`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609030/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609030/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609030/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`