Mining Incidents

Ramp Run Surface Mine: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Vencill Corp · Surface
Controlled by Delmer S Vencill
Widen, Clay County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607782

MSHA record for Ramp Run Surface Mine (mine ID 4607782). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1991–1994
Latest incident
Jun 1994
Ownership history
  1. Chloe Ridge Coal Company Inc 1989 to 1991
  2. Vencill Corp 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ramp Run Surface Mine sits in Clay County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.5% 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.
Clay County, West Virginia · Population 7,946
5.5%
Mining share of county employment
$42,790
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1994 · 2 incidents

June 24, 1994 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vencill Corp · Fall onto or against objects

DURING LUNCH BREAK EMPOYEE LOST BALANCE & FELL INTO HANDLE OF SHOVEL HELD BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE

January 17, 1994 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vencill Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

AFTER WORK SHIFT ENDED, EMPLOYEE WAS OBSERVING A GROUP OF MEN TRYING TO PUSH A VEHICLE OUT OF A DITCH. WHILE WALKING AROUND, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

1993 · 2 incidents

April 29, 1993 WV · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Vencill Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE OPERATING AUGER, A HYDRAULIC LINE BROKE SPREADING HOT OIL ON FACT AND EYES.

February 11, 1993 WV · Coal cleanup man, cleanup worker FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Vencill Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ROCK NEXT TO HIGHWALL INTO LOADER BUCKET. HIGHWALL WAS THAWING & ROCK FELL OFF & HIT TMPLOYEE ON HARD HAT THEN ON NECK &LEFT SHOULDER.

1992 · 1 incident

September 9, 1992 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vencill Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TAKING TRACK OFF DOZER,THE TRACK FOLDED UP CATCHING EMPL LEFT HAND BETWEEN PADS.

1991 · 4 incidents

December 9, 1991 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Vencill Corp · Struck against a moving object

THREE EMPLOYEES WERE ENTERING THE JOB PREPARING FOR THE SHIFT TO BEGIN AT 6:00 PM. WHILE RIDING IN A COMPANY PICKUP TRUCK, TWO EMPLOYEES WERE INJURED WHEN THE TRUCK STRUCK A ROCK WHICH WAS IN THE ROADWAY.

December 9, 1991 WV · Coal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Vencill Corp · Struck against a moving object

THREE EMPLOYEES WERE ENTERING THE JOB PREPARING FOR THE SHIFT TO BEGIN AT 6:00 PM. WHILE RIDING IN A COMPANY PICKUP TRUCK, TWO EMPLOYEES WERE INJURED WHEN THE TRUCK STRUCK A ROCK WHICK WAS IN THE ROADWAY.

November 14, 1991 WV · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vencill Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AUGER OPERATOR COMPLAINED OF HIP HURTING BECAUSE HE HAD CLIMBED UP AND DOWN ON THE AUGER.

June 12, 1991 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Vencill Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF OF DOZE,R STEPPED ON A ROCK AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN THE TOP OF FOOT.