Struck by rolling or sliding object
A coal rib sloughed out striking the employee in the lower back.
Mine No. 1Coal
Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Ramaco Resources Inc
Jewell Ridge, Tazewell County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407369
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2022–2024
- Latest incident
- Aug 2024
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file2024 · 2 incidents
Over-exertion in lifting objects
The employee was lifting a five gallon can of oil off the supply car and felt a sharp pain in right shoulder.
2023 · 2 incidents
Accident type, without injuries
The continuous mining machine inadvertently intersected a gas well casing.
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
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.
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.