Mining Incidents

Maben Surface Coal

Maben Coal, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Ramaco Resources Inc
Maben, WV, Wyoming County, WV  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4609637

Maben Surface has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2024–2025
Latest incident
Mar 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
37
citations
7
significant & substantial
$9,336
proposed penalties
$5,035
paid to date
54% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,301 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
13
inspections on record
405
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: 405 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Maben Surface has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 0 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Maben Surface shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.11 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 58 samples.

Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
0.11
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.38
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
58
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-16.
Silica (quartz)
11.6
silica avg (%)
36.9
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-06-13.
Noise
5%
over PEL
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-03-16.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, 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
2025 Q4 15,019 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 15,722 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 19,647 10 3 509.0
2025 Q1 20,736 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 18,743 2 1 106.7
2024 Q3 20,256 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 19,879 5 0 251.5
2024 Q1 19,984 7 1 350.3
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 15,630 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 17,679 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 17,071 1 0 58.6
2023 Q1 9,845 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 807 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2025 · 1 incident

March 12, 2025 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Maben Coal, LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was mounting a rock truck when they twisted a knee

2024 · 1 incident

December 17, 2024 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Maben Coal, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Walking down the hill and fell. Set hand out to break fall and landed on a rock, cutting hand.

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The full compliance file on Maben Surface

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.