# Coal Creek Prep Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4405236
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Tazewell, VA
- **Operator:** Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC
- **Controller:** Ramaco Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,250
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ramaco Resources Inc (0137341) → Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC (0146035) → Coal Creek Prep Plant (4405236)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Republic Steel Corp → Sandy Ridge Energy Corp:** 1979-06-01 through 1980-07-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405236; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **E H  Lester → Knox Creek Coal Corp:** 1980-07-30 through 1985-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405236; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cyprus Amax Minerals Company → Knox Creek Coal Corp:** 1985-10-01 through 1987-04-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405236; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Knox Creek Coal Corp:** 1987-04-16 through 1997-08-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405236; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Knox Creek Coal Corporation:** 1997-08-26 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405236; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Knox Creek Coal Corporation:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405236; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael D Bauersachs → Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC:** 2016-07-01 through 2016-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405236; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ramaco Resources Inc → Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC:** 2017-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405236; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 22
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 4 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 15 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 675 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 81 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 460 violation rows across the full record; 110 carry an S&S flag and $78,939 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 748 samples:** Occupational health samples 499 coal dust; 46 coal quartz; 203 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 19 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 12K employee hours and 14 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 64 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 25 contested-violation rows, 25 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 14 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 23 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 17 since 2021:** Inspections 192 inspection events and 7K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 46,285
- **Average employees:** 17
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 2

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.216 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.200 — Surface installations; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.200
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 15 rows; 2001-05-11 through 2025-01-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1981-04-03 through 1981-04-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 458 rows; 2000-04-14 through 2026-08-24; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 25 rows; 2012-03-07 through 2018-12-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 499 rows; 2000-01-27 through 2026-07-09; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 14 rows; 2005-07-20 through 2022-08-16; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 25 rows; 2010-05-20 through 2018-05-01; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,774 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 396 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1979-06-01 through 2016-07-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 192 rows; 2000-01-07 through 2026-08-24; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 106 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 203 rows; 2000-04-11 through 2026-03-04; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 46 rows; 2000-04-17 through 2026-04-14; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 460 rows; 2000-04-14 through 2026-08-24; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/coal-creek-prep-plant-4405236`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/coal-creek-prep-plant-4405236`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4405236/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4405236/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4405236/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`