# Tiller No 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406804
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Tazewell, VA
- **Operator:** Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC
- **Controller:** Ramaco Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 16,849
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ramaco Resources Inc (0137341) → Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC (0146035) → Tiller No 1 (4406804)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **United  Company → Knox Creek Coal Corp:** 1995-08-01 through 1995-10-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406804; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rick A  Matney  et al → Capital Coal Corp:** 1995-10-20 through 1998-12-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406804; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hank K  Matney  et al → Capital Coal Corp:** 1995-10-20 through 1998-12-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406804; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Fred D  Matney  et al → Capital Coal Corp:** 1995-10-20 through 1998-12-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406804; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Knox Creek Coal Corporation:** 1998-12-14 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406804; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Knox Creek Coal Corporation:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406804; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael D Bauersachs → Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC:** 2016-07-14 through 2016-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406804; 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 4406804; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 18
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 234 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 6,411 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 3,745 violation rows across the full record; 1,306 carry an S&S flag and $2,716,615 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 4K samples:** Occupational health samples 3,588 coal dust; 436 coal quartz; 380 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 185 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2,198 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1,030 contested-violation rows, 1,047 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 121 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 12 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 — 11 since 2021:** Inspections 828 inspection events and 32K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 75.372 — Mine ventilation map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.372
- **30 CFR 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310
- **30 CFR 48.9 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.9
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.371 — Mine ventilation plan; contents.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.371
- **30 CFR 70.201 — Sampling; general and technical requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-C/section-70.201
- **30 CFR 70.212 — Status change reports.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-C/section-70.212
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.1103-1 — Automatic fire sensors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-1
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 234 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2024-01-24; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-07-31 through 2026-07-31; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 3,693 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2020-04-24; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1,047 rows; 2002-06-14 through 2016-07-12; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 3,588 rows; 2000-01-17 through 2019-09-05; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 121 rows; 2000-03-17 through 2015-02-20; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1,030 rows; 2002-03-19 through 2015-10-07; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,219 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 269 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1995-08-01 through 2016-07-14; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 828 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2026-07-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 200 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 49 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 380 rows; 2000-03-20 through 2019-08-21; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 436 rows; 2000-06-06 through 2019-09-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 3,745 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2020-04-24; 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/tiller-no-1-4406804`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/tiller-no-1-4406804`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406804/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406804/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406804/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`