Mining Incidents

Kennedy #3 Coal

Controlled by Ramaco Resources Inc
Swords Creek, Russell County, VA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4406762

Kennedy #3 has $117 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1996–1998
Latest incident
Jul 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
$117
proposed penalties
$117
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
19
inspections on record
100
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 100 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kennedy #3 has $117 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$117
proposed penalties
$117
current assessed
$117
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-02-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1 0 1 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1998 · 2 incidents

July 7, 1998 VA · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
C S & S Coal Corp · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS USING A TORCH TO REMOVE A FAN FROM ITS BASE HE PASSED THE FLAME ACROSS HIS HAND AND RECEIVEDA BURN.

1997 · 3 incidents

November 12, 1997 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
C S & S Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WA ON HIS KNEES PULLING & HANGING CURTAIN, AS HE STARTED TO GET UP, HIS LEFT KNEE LOCKED. EE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH HIS KNEE CONTINUNING TO GIVE HIM TROUBLE. ON 11/14/97, HE WAS ADVISED TO SEE A DOCTOR CONCERNING HIS KNEE.

October 30, 1997 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
C S & S Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING A BUGGY. AS HE WENT AROUND A CORNER, HE LOOKEDD OFF AND RAN INTO THE BACK OF A SCOOP.

October 24, 1997 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
C S & S Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL 60 FT LONG, 1-10 FT THICK, 14 FT WIDE OCCURRED ON 10-24-97 AT 800 AM AT INTERSECTION BETWEEN 5 AND 6 HEADING.

1996 · 2 incidents

September 5, 1996 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C S & S Coal Corp · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMP STATED THAT HE WAS SETTING TIMBERS AND AS HETHREW ONE TO THE SIDE HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK

May 24, 1996 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C S & S Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP STATED THAT HE WAS WORKING ON THE MINER (PULLING/LIFTING ON THE GATHERING POT) WHEN HIS BACKBEGAN TO HURT. HE CONTINUED TO WORK, THINKING THAT IT WOULD GO AWAY, HOWEVER, THE PAIN CONTINUED AND GOT WORSE.

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The full compliance file on Kennedy #3

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.