Mining Incidents

Mine No. 1 Coal

Controlled by Ramaco Resources Inc
Jewell Ridge, Tazewell County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407369

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2022–2024
Latest incident
Aug 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
359
citations
91
significant & substantial
$212,422
proposed penalties
$162,958
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q1 725 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 11,235 33 7 2937.2
2024 Q2 37,782 40 14 1058.7
2023 Q2 38,832 31 5 798.3
2022 Q4 1,488 17 7 11424.7
2022 Q3 2,142 7 3 3268.0
2022 Q2 1,953 4 2 2048.1
2022 Q1 800 3 1 3750.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2024 · 2 incidents

2023 · 2 incidents

April 27, 2023 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

The employee was installing a roof bolt and the bolt came out of the drill chuck near the top. As the employee attempted to get the bolt back into the drill wrench, employee got a finger caught between the wrench resulting in a laceration.

2022 · 2 incidents

November 16, 2022 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was drilling a hole in the mine roof to install a roof bolt and as employee was retrieving the drill steel out of the hole employee placed hand on the drill steel as it was spinning.

October 15, 2022 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While breaking down a feeder for belt move, injured employee caught left thumb between crib block and roof bolt, resulting in laceration. Injury was not due to a training or compliance issue.