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RAGLAND LOADOUT: 477 MSHA citations Coal

COAL-MAC LLC · Facility
Controlled by John Mitch Potter
Ragland, Mingo County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4608563

RAGLAND LOADOUT has $88K in proposed MSHA penalties and $21K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1998–2025
Latest incident
Jul 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
477
citations
181
significant & substantial
$88,238
proposed penalties
$65,963
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $22,275 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See COAL-MAC LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
89
inspections on record
4,175
inspection hours
11.4
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.
477 citations across 4,175 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

RAGLAND LOADOUT has $88K in proposed MSHA penalties and $21K 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.
$88K
proposed penalties
$87K
current assessed
$66K
paid to date
$21K
outstanding
462 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $537 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
38.9%
significant & substantial
2.6%
high negligence or reckless
39.1%
reasonably likely or greater
21.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.2% none, 31.2% low, 66.0% moderate, 2.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
50%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
65%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $537 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2025-03-19.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEVA 2025-0273 Settlement McCarthy 2025 $2K → $537
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at RAGLAND LOADOUT shows 100% of 330 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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.

Last sampled: 2026-06-11
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
330
samples
1.14
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘ The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
230 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 100 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR188
  • UTILITY MAN48
  • ELECTRICIAN32

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2025-12-22
4.0
silica avg (%)
7
samples
5.9
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR7
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2025-12-16
4%
over PEL
133
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR47
  • UTILITY MAN30
  • MECHANIC16
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ 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 by year
ⓘ 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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2026 100% 4
2025 100% 23
2024 100% 13
2023 100% 23
2022 100% 18
2021 100% 18
2020 100% 18
2019 100% 17
2018 100% 18
2017 100% 13
2016 100% 21
2015 100% 12
2014 100% 18
2013 100% 10
2012 100% 5
2011 100% 10
2010 100% 10
2009 100% 17
2008 100% 14
2007 100% 5
2005 100% 5
2004 100% 6
2003 100% 6
2002 100% 9
2001 100% 10
2000 100% 7
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2025 3.5 3
2022 3.9 1
2020 3.0 1
2017 5.9 1
2016 4.0 1
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2025 0% 10
2023 0% 10
2021 0% 5
2020 0% 5
2019 0% 10
2018 0% 5
2017 0% 5
2016 0% 5
2014 0% 11
2013 0% 5
2011 0% 4
2010 0% 9
2009 0% 10
2008 0% 6
2007 14% 7
2006 20% 5
2005 40% 5
2004 0% 3
2003 25% 4
2001 0% 5
2000 0% 4
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

RAGLAND LOADOUT recorded 4.03 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
4.03
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 3.89 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 4.03 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 3.73 3.73 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. New Ridge Coal Company Inc 1996 to 2003
  2. Coal-Mac LLC 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 18
2025 19
2024 18
2023 19
2022 21
2021 27
2020 27
2019 27
2018 30
2017 25
2016 27
2015 32
2014 34
2013 37
2012 36
2011 37
2010 35
2009 36
2008 37
2007 34
2006 32
2005 20
2004 10
2003 11
2002 9
2001 9
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

RAGLAND LOADOUT sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Mingo County, West Virginia · Population 22,979
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,527
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2 11,533 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 12,017 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 11,871 3 1 252.7
2025 Q3 12,402 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 12,001 23 6 1916.5
2025 Q1 13,364 7 1 523.8
2024 Q4 12,972 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 13,315 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 12,626 5 1 396.0
2024 Q1 12,405 2 0 161.2
2023 Q4 12,729 4 0 314.2
2023 Q3 13,391 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 13,670 6 0 438.9
2023 Q1 13,771 9 0 653.5
2022 Q4 13,264 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 13,348 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 11,541 7 3 606.5
2022 Q1 10,586 8 2 755.7
2021 Q4 8,934 3 0 335.8
2021 Q3 8,851 2 0 226.0
2021 Q2 9,365 2 0 213.6
2021 Q1 10,439 3 1 287.4
2020 Q4 9,378 5 1 533.2
2020 Q3 8,480 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 8,895 5 0 562.1
2020 Q1 10,991 6 2 545.9
2019 Q4 8,918 25 3 2803.3
2019 Q3 9,700 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 10,248 2 0 195.2
2019 Q1 9,767 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 10,333 7 1 677.4
2018 Q3 11,292 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 9,828 1 0 101.8
2018 Q1 10,128 2 0 197.5
2017 Q4 8,451 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,018 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,119 1 0 123.2
2017 Q1 7,361 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 7,839 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 7,502 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 9,593 1 0 104.2
2016 Q1 9,770 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 10,187 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 11,968 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 11,202 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 12,075 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 10,974 2 1 182.2
2014 Q3 11,405 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 12,026 1 0 83.2
2014 Q1 12,946 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 12,220 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 12,903 7 1 542.5
2013 Q2 12,378 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 12,173 4 0 328.6
2012 Q4 11,689 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 12,131 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 12,489 1 0 80.1
2012 Q1 12,832 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 11,627 2 0 172.0
2011 Q3 12,008 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 12,574 2 1 159.1
2011 Q1 12,938 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 10,936 2 0 182.9
2010 Q3 10,828 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 10,884 4 1 367.5
2010 Q1 12,268 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 11,907 4 0 335.9
2009 Q3 11,571 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 12,687 1 1 78.8
2009 Q1 13,453 10 5 743.3
2008 Q4 12,629 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 12,796 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 13,190 12 7 909.8
2008 Q1 13,349 8 5 599.3
2007 Q4 11,132 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 11,425 5 5 437.6
2007 Q2 11,275 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 11,662 3 1 257.2
2006 Q4 9,686 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 10,085 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 10,267 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 9,892 3 0 303.3
2005 Q4 6,893 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,816 4 1 586.9
2005 Q2 7,039 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,712 1 0 149.0
2004 Q4 5,910 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,799 2 1 344.9
2004 Q2 6,525 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,555 4 2 610.2
2003 Q4 5,846 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,090 2 1 328.4
2003 Q2 6,657 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,957 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,579 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,032 2 0 331.6
2002 Q2 5,346 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,650 3 1 531.0
2001 Q3 5,647 5 1 885.4
2001 Q2 5,481 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,445 2 0 367.3
2000 Q4 5,225 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,959 5 1 1008.3
2000 Q2 6,028 2 1 331.8
2000 Q1 5,904 1 0 169.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2025 · 1 incident

July 8, 2025 WV · Coal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal-Mac LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was exiting the Number 2 truck dump slipped on the step and fell. EE went to Logan medical center and x-rays show a fractured rib.

2023 · 1 incident

September 20, 2023 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coal-Mac LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee bent over to pick up a wash hose and felt something pull in left side/back. Employee went to the hospital and was diagnosed with a strained muscle.

2010 · 2 incidents

May 12, 2010 WV · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Coal-Mac LLC · Flash burns (electric)

While attempting to install a ground wire to a ground buss bar in a 480 volt breaker panel,the wrench he was using came into contact with an energized breaker buss bar. This caused an arc flash causing serious burns to the EE.

May 12, 2010 WV · Coal pumper ELECTRICAL
Coal-Mac LLC · Flash burns (electric)

EE was helping the electrician install a ground wire to a ground buss bar when the wrench the electrician was using came into contact with an energized breaker buss bar. This caused an arc flash causing serious burns to the EE.

2005 · 2 incidents

June 27, 2005 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Coal-Mac LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was hauling and dumping rock in valley fill - he backed truck up too far and slope gave way - truck went back over embankment about 40 - 50 ft - truck turned over.

June 16, 2005 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Coal-Mac LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE was operating dozer, clearing trees, and messed with beehive - stung by bees 4 or 5 times. He is allergic.

2004 · 4 incidents

June 29, 2004 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coal-Mac LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting a piece of metal hurt lower back

March 5, 2004 WV · Coal security guard, watchman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal-Mac LLC · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS CLEANING UP TRASH OUT OF THE CREEK BEHIND THE SECURITY STATION. EE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND SLIPPED AND FELL. EE HIT FACE ON ROCK. EE BROKE HIS NOSE AND LACERATED HIS FOREHEAD ABOVE HIS LEFT EYEBROW.

February 12, 2004 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Coal-Mac LLC · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER INSIDE THE #2 SILO TO REMOVE (KNOCK OUT) A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON. WHILE STANDING ON A PLATFORM HE REACHED OUT (STRETCHING) TO SWING HAMMER WHEN HE THOUGHT HE HAD PUL LED A MUSCLE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK. HOWEVER ON 2-20-04. HE MISSED WORK TO REPORT TO DOCTOR.

2003 · 1 incident

November 3, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Coal-Mac LLC · Struck by flying object

INJURED EE WAS ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF BULLDOZER, ABOUT 8 FEET FROM THE PIN THAT WAS BEING STRUCK WITH HAMMER BY THE WITNESS. A SLIVER OF METAL CAME OFF THE PIN STRIKING INJURED EE IN LEFT EYE.

2001 · 2 incidents

July 25, 2001 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New Ridge Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRWAY CAUGHT LEFT THUMB ON HANDRAIL POST, PULLED THUMB BACK.

2000 · 1 incident

1999 · 1 incident

June 18, 1999 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
New Ridge Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING ON CHAIN RATCHET WHEN CHAIN BROKE. THE END HOOK HIT EE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HEAD AND FACE.

1998 · 1 incident

October 1, 1998 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
New Ridge Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

BAR SLIPPED FRO DOOR LOCK BUMPED HEAD ON RAIL ROAD RAIL. STOOD UP GOT DIZZY FELL AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE