# Berwind Preparation Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4605449
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Ramaco Resources, LLC
- **Controller:** Ramaco Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,202
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ramaco Resources Inc (0137341) → Ramaco Resources, LLC (0122932) → Berwind Preparation Plant (4605449)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **CONSOL Energy Inc → Consolidation Coal Company:** 1977-03-01 through 2013-12-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605449; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert E  Murray → Consolidation Coal Company:** 2013-12-05 through 2013-12-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605449; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CONSOL Energy Inc → CONSOL Amonate Facility LLC:** 2013-12-06 through 2017-09-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605449; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Coronado Coal LLC → Buchanan Minerals, LLC:** 2017-09-05 through 2021-12-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605449; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael D Bauersachs → Ramaco Resources, LLC:** 2021-12-03 through 2016-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605449; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ramaco Resources Inc → Ramaco Resources, LLC:** 2021-12-03 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605449; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 16
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 — 6 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 17 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 924 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 50 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 232 violation rows across the full record; 90 carry an S&S flag and $31,386 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 295 samples:** Occupational health samples 212 coal dust; 18 coal quartz; 65 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 7 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 21K employee hours and 35 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 14 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 10 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 11 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 — 47 since 2021:** Inspections 171 inspection events and 4K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 94,194
- **Average employees:** 39
- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.204 — Openings in surface installations; safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.204
- **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 77.202 — Dust accumulations in surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.202
- **30 CFR 77.512 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.512

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 17 rows; 2000-04-06 through 2025-08-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2022-10-21 through 2022-10-21; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 227 rows; 2000-08-08 through 2026-07-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2008-03-31 through 2010-07-19; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 212 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2026-07-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 10 rows; 2001-03-09 through 2004-09-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2007-06-26 through 2008-05-21; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 815 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 188 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1977-03-01 through 2021-12-03; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 171 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2026-09-15; 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:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 65 rows; 2000-03-23 through 2026-06-30; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 18 rows; 2000-03-01 through 2026-06-30; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 232 rows; 2000-08-08 through 2026-07-07; 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/berwind-preparation-plant-4605449`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/berwind-preparation-plant-4605449`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4605449/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4605449/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4605449/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`