# Spider Ridge

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609389
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wyoming, WV
- **Operator:** Pay Car Mining Inc
- **Controller:** James C  Justice III
- **Public source rows linked:** 273
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice III (0171761) → Pay Car Mining Inc (0074803) → Spider Ridge (4609389)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Mechel Oao → Pay Car Mining Inc:** 2010-10-12 through 2015-02-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609389; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Pay Car Mining Inc:** 2010-10-12 through 2009-05-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609389; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Pay Car Mining Inc:** 2015-02-12 through 2017-06-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609389; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Pay Car Mining Inc:** 2017-06-21 through 2023-04-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609389; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Pay Car Mining Inc:** 2017-06-21 through 2023-04-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609389; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Pay Car Mining Inc:** 2023-04-10 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609389; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 12
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 24 violation rows across the full record; 7 carry an S&S flag and $4,389 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 44 samples:** Occupational health samples 33 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 10 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 30 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 15 contested-violation rows, 15 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 — 3 since 2021:** Inspections 28 inspection events and 471 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **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 75.402 — Rock dusting.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.402
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 62.120 — Action level.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.120
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **30 CFR 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505
- **30 CFR 75.1101-3 — Water requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-3
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 72.630 — Drill dust control at underground areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.630
- **30 CFR 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2011-05-26 through 2011-05-26; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-06-11 through 2026-06-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 24 rows; 2010-12-04 through 2017-11-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 15 rows; 2012-01-25 through 2015-04-01; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 33 rows; 2011-07-19 through 2011-12-09; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 15 rows; 2010-12-04 through 2011-11-16; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 15 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2010-10-12 through 2010-10-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 28 rows; 2010-12-04 through 2026-04-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 91 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:** 10 rows; 2011-07-19 through 2011-10-28; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2011-10-27 through 2011-10-27; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 24 rows; 2010-12-04 through 2017-11-13; 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/spider-ridge-4609389`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/spider-ridge-4609389`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609389/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609389/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609389/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`