Mining Incidents

Rane Deep Mine Coal

Star Services, LLC · Underground
McComas, Mercer County, WV  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4609572

Rane Deep Mine has $258K in proposed MSHA penalties and $118K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2021
Latest incident
Oct 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
452
citations
84
significant & substantial
$257,525
proposed penalties
$139,378
paid to date
54% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $118,147 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
33
inspections on record
2,040
inspection hours
22.2
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.
452 citations across 2,040 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rane Deep Mine has $258K in proposed MSHA penalties and $118K outstanding across 0 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.
$258K
proposed penalties
$258K
current assessed
$139K
paid to date
$118K
outstanding
446 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Rane Deep Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.23 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 144 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.
0.23
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.17
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
144
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-08-19.
Silica (quartz)
6.3
silica avg (%)
17.0
silica max (%)
31
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-08-28.
Noise
9%
over PEL
33
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-03-19.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 660 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,280 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,368 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,430 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,000 17 6 4250.0
2024 Q3 29,649 15 4 505.9
2024 Q2 30,545 31 4 1014.9
2024 Q1 30,443 35 6 1149.7
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 32,405 22 4 678.9
2023 Q3 34,545 24 4 694.7
2023 Q2 31,567 22 1 696.9
2023 Q1 31,906 23 2 720.9
2022 Q4 29,701 25 6 841.7
2022 Q3 26,179 8 0 305.6
2022 Q2 3,513 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 16,945 33 8 1947.5
2021 Q3 10 20 6 2000000.0
2020 Q3 2,022 23 6 11374.9
2020 Q2 1,831 15 5 8192.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2021 · 2 incidents

October 29, 2021 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Glow Worm Coal Company · Struck by falling object

SCOOP OPERATOR HAD BEEN SCOOPING RIBS, HAD STARTED TO CLEAN THE CORNER AND WAS PARKED. IE STEPPED INTO THE SCOOP BUCKET TO TELL THE OPERATOR EE WAS NEEDED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SECTION. A PORTION OF CAP ROCK BECAME DISLODGED, FELL INTO THE BUCKET AND STRUCK IE's LOWER LEG.

July 26, 2021 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Glow Worm Coal Company · Struck by falling object

Employee was bolting top on the operator side of a Fletcher Bolter. While bolting, a piece of rock fell crushing the tip of the employees fifth finger on the right hand.

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The full compliance file on Rane Deep Mine

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