# Maben Mine No. 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609446
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wyoming, WV
- **Operator:** Maben Coal, LLC
- **Controller:** Ramaco Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 706
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ramaco Resources Inc (0137341) → Maben Coal, LLC (0124070) → Maben Mine No. 1 (4609446)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Appleton Coal, LLC → Maben Coal, LLC:** 2012-06-28 through 2022-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609446; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ramaco Resources Inc → Maben Coal, LLC:** 2022-11-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609446; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 5
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 27 violation rows across the full record; 7 carry an S&S flag and $4,989 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 0 samples:** Occupational health samples No published samples. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — 38 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 19 contested-violation rows, 19 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 — 3 since 2021:** Inspections 34 inspection events and 248 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 48.31 — Hazard training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **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 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.1707 — First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1707
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 77.106 — Records of certified and qualified persons.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-B/section-77.106

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2019-09-26 through 2019-09-26; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 27 rows; 2013-04-29 through 2017-01-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 19 rows; 2014-04-18 through 2014-04-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 19 rows; 2013-04-29 through 2013-04-29; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 470 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 74 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2012-06-28 through 2012-06-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 34 rows; 2013-04-05 through 2026-06-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 28 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Violations:** 27 rows; 2013-04-29 through 2017-01-11; 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/maben-mine-no-1-4609446`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/maben-mine-no-1-4609446`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609446/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609446/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609446/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`