Ram Surface Mine No. 3
Coal
Coal Mountain,
Wyoming County,
WV
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609578
Ram Surface Mine No. 3 has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2025
- Latest incident
- Mar 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
12
significant & substantial
$25,603
proposed penalties
37% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,172 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2024
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 463 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ram Surface Mine No. 3 has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16K outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
23 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Ram Surface Mine No. 3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.10 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 36 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.
Most recent sample: 2026-06-09.
Silica (quartz)
Most recent sample: 2025-11-05.
Noise
Most recent sample: 2025-10-23.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
22,637 |
3 |
0 |
132.5 |
| 2025 Q3 |
24,593 |
6 |
1 |
244.0 |
| 2025 Q2 |
26,632 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 |
24,460 |
11 |
0 |
449.7 |
| 2024 Q4 |
21,417 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 |
18,744 |
3 |
3 |
160.1 |
| 2024 Q2 |
12,130 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2025 · 1 incident
March 13, 2025
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramaco Resources, LLC · Struck by falling object
Employee was lifting a piece of metal and lost their footing, causing the metal to fall onto their left thumb and causing a fracture.
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