Red Ash Mine No. 1 Coal
Rayco, LLC
· Underground
Controlled by
Brandon Bishop
Iaeger,
Mcdowell County,
WV
·
NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4609505
Red Ash Mine No. 1 has $109K in proposed MSHA penalties and $109K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
216
citations
33
significant & substantial
$109,355
proposed penalties
$660
paid to date
1% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $108,695 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
49
inspections on record
1,277
inspection hours
16.9
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.216 citations across 1,277 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Red Ash Mine No. 1 has $109K in proposed MSHA penalties and $109K outstanding across 0 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.$109K
proposed penalties
$109K
current assessed
$660
paid to date
$109K
outstanding
214 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Red Ash Mine No. 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.30 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 78 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.0.30
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.15
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
78
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-01-15.
Silica (quartz)
4.2
silica avg (%)
6.8
silica max (%)
23
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-01-30.
Noise
0%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-01-15.
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 | 375 | 21 | 7 | 56000.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 369 | 15 | 3 | 40650.4 |
| 2024 Q4 | 369 | 10 | 0 | 27100.3 |
| 2024 Q3 | 345 | 17 | 2 | 49275.4 |
| 2024 Q2 | 375 | 6 | 1 | 16000.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 325 | 15 | 1 | 46153.8 |
| 2023 Q4 | 380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 325 | 8 | 0 | 24615.4 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q2 | 352 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 390 | 16 | 6 | 41025.6 |
| 2022 Q4 | 500 | 39 | 3 | 78000.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |
| 2022 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q2 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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