Ram Surface Mine No. 1 has $214K in proposed MSHA penalties and $24K outstanding across 17 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2017–2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
257
citations
72
significant & substantial
$213,876
proposed penalties
$146,462
paid to date
68% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $67,414 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
44
inspections on record
2,151
inspection hours
11.9
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.
257 citations across 2,151 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ram Surface Mine No. 1 has $214K in proposed MSHA penalties and $24K outstanding across 17 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.
$214K
proposed penalties
$171K
current assessed
$146K
paid to date
$24K
outstanding
247 assessments are final orders; 17 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Ram Surface Mine No. 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.10 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 158 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.
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
EE was driving a rock truck out of the pit area when the load shifted while traveling uphill. The front wheels lifted off the ground and abruptly came back down once the load was dumped out of the bed, causing the employee pain in EE's back. The injury occurred on August 11, but the employee continued working until August 19, when EE visited the doctor and was written off work.
March 22, 2025WV · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was maneuvering a rock jostling the 992G loader, at this time the employee struck their head inside the operator's compartment causing lacerations to the left side of head and left ear. The injury caused the employee to lose consciousness and tram in reverse over and incline resting on the road below.
Employee was operating a mobile surface drill parallel to the edge of the drill bench. The mobile drill's right track trammed onto some spoil along the edge of the bench causing the drill to drop off the bench and turn onto its side.
Employee was operating a haul truck and the right front suspension cylinder failed causing employee to strike left arm and shoulder on the inside of the cab.
Employee walking around a bank on the surface mine, Employee stepped into a ditch & fell. Employee reported to supervisor that employee had pain in hip. The employee went to a hospital & was treated & given a full release. The employee returned to work next scheduled shift. Then on 9-14-2020 employee went for a follow up & was written off of work until an MRI is conducted.
Employee cut a tree approximately 5" in diameter. When tree fell it sprang back on top of employees foot. Employee kept working. Employee received medical treatment on 5-25-20 and a fracture was found.
2019 · 2 incidents
September 4, 2019WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was installing a pin in a track. The employee struck the pin with a hammer and a piece of metal broke loose and penetrated EE's right leg. The employee traveled to Logan Regional Medical center and was released to return to work. After a few days, the employee continued to have discomfort and returned to the hospital on 9/13/19 and had the metal removed.
While stemming holes employee became light headed and shaky. An EMT was called to check EE and was told EE should go to the hospital, due to heat exhaustion symptoms, and was taken by ambulance to Logan Regional Hospital where EE was seen and then released
2018 · 2 incidents
April 20, 2018WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
The employee claims that EE felt a sharp pain in EE's wrist while removing a bolt with a ratchet. EE recently returned to work from a non-work related injury on 4/9/18. An independent medical evaluation (IME) on 5/1/2018 determined that at the time of the incident of 4/20/2018, there was no new injury to the right wrist. Ramaco Resources, LLC is disputing this accident.
February 16, 2018WV · Coalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was exiting the loader when EE slipped on bottom step and fell to the ground landing on shoulder / arm. EE went to LRMH for x-rays and returned to work the following shift. On March 20, 2018 EE informed supervisor that EE's physical therapist took EE off work until April 17, 2018.
2017 · 1 incident
October 16, 2017WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was removing supplies from service truck and lost balance. Then the employee tried to catch self and landed on left wrist.
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