# Elk Creek Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4602444
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Logan, WV
- **Operator:** Ramaco Resources, LLC
- **Controller:** Ramaco Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,289
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ramaco Resources Inc (0137341) → Ramaco Resources, LLC (0122932) → Elk Creek Plant (4602444)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Occidental Petroleum Corp → Island Creek Coal Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1993-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CONSOL Energy Inc → Island Creek Coal Company:** 1993-07-01 through 2012-04-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael D Bauersachs → Ramaco Resources, LLC:** 2012-04-27 through 2016-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ramaco Resources Inc → Ramaco Resources, LLC:** 2017-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602444; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 11
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 9 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 18 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 896 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 344 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 582 violation rows across the full record; 144 carry an S&S flag and $282,903 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 237 samples:** Occupational health samples 183 coal dust; 14 coal quartz; 40 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 380 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 289 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 125 contested-violation rows, 129 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 35 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 16 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 — 117 since 2021:** Inspections 250 inspection events and 5K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 231,505
- **Average employees:** 101
- **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 77.1606 — 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 71.501 — Sanitary toilet facilities; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.501
- **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 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505
- **30 CFR 77.216-3 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; inspection requirements; correction of hazards; program requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-3
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 18 rows; 2017-11-30 through 2026-07-26; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-11-14 through 2017-11-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 567 rows; 2007-05-02 through 2026-08-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 129 rows; 2012-01-04 through 2026-09-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 183 rows; 2018-02-15 through 2026-09-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 35 rows; 2018-09-14 through 2026-08-18; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 125 rows; 2010-10-26 through 2026-07-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,932 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 367 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2012-04-27; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 250 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2026-10-13; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 29 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 40 rows; 2018-02-15 through 2026-03-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 14 rows; 2018-07-19 through 2025-09-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 582 rows; 2007-05-02 through 2026-10-13; 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/elk-creek-plant-4602444`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/elk-creek-plant-4602444`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4602444/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4602444/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4602444/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`