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Ramar Tipple #1: 14 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Ashby James M
Pilgrim Knob, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4403441

MSHA record for Ramar Tipple #1 (mine ID 4403441). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1983–1994
Latest incident
Mar 1994
Ownership history
  1. Jewell Ridge Mining Corp 1950 to 1987
  2. R B J Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1988
  3. Ramar Coal Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ramar Tipple #1 sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
Buchanan County, Virginia · Population 19,857
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,216
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1994 · 4 incidents

March 14, 1994 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWISTED KNEE.

February 3, 1994 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HELPED LIFT TAILGATE ON TRUCK, TWISTED BACK.

1992 · 3 incidents

October 23, 1992 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWIST LEG AND PULL A MUSCLE.

March 4, 1992 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

METAL LINE SLIPPED OFF & HIT RIGHT HAND RING FINGER BRUISED FINGER NAIL TO FRACTURE END OF FINGER.

February 10, 1992 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

BROUGHT LOADED TRUCKS OFF STEEP HILL IN TO HIGH OF GEAR RAN AWAY WITH HIM.

1991 · 3 incidents

December 9, 1991 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

BURNED ARM AND NECK FROM RADATOR ON TRUCK

October 14, 1991 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS LIFTING A OXYGEN BOTTLE AND PULLED SOMETHING IN BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

1988 · 1 incident

June 20, 1988 VA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor ELECTRICAL
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BATTERIES WHEN BATTERIES ARCED CAUSED THEM TO EXPLODE INJURING LEFT EYE

1985 · 1 incident

December 18, 1985 VA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jewell Ridge Mining Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS GOING TO START WATER PUMP-SLIPPED ON SOME ICE AND FALLING.

1983 · 1 incident

August 20, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jewell Ridge Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED STATED THAT HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN A PIECE OF WATER PIPE AND FRAME OF PLANT.