MSHA DATABASEMSHA records · 17 contributing sources · snapshot Oct 18, 2026

MINE DETAILS

Laurel Fork Mine

ActiveUndergroundCoal (Bituminous)
MSHA MINE ID4609084
LOCATIONMcdowell, WV
PUBLIC RECORD8,272 linked rows

LOCATION

Mine location

1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.

Mine coordinates

2025-01-01 – 2026-10-18Applies to production, safety and portfolio metrics. Silica samples have separate filters.

Violations

527

108 significant & substantial (S&S)

  1. 2025 Q1100
  2. 2025 Q280
  3. 2025 Q370
  4. 2025 Q41
  5. 2026 Q16
  6. 2026 Q288
  7. 2026 Q3157
  8. 2026 Q4 *25

Accident records

9

0 records classified as fatality

  1. 2025 Q11
  2. 2025 Q22
  3. 2025 Q32
  4. 2025 Q40
  5. 2026 Q10
  6. 2026 Q24
  7. 2026 Q30
  8. 2026 Q4 *0

Proposed penalties · USD

606,527.00

447 of 527 violations with amounts

  1. 2025 Q1233,398
  2. 2025 Q296,636
  3. 2025 Q378,289
  4. 2025 Q4336
  5. 2026 Q13,374
  6. 2026 Q280,861
  7. 2026 Q3113,633
  8. 2026 Q4 *—

On-site inspection hours

1,708.75

58 inspections · 58 with hours

  1. 2025 Q1241.00
  2. 2025 Q2260.50
  3. 2025 Q3220.75
  4. 2025 Q494.50
  5. 2026 Q176.25
  6. 2026 Q2309.50
  7. 2026 Q3471.00
  8. 2026 Q4 *35.25
Quarterly safety data
QuarterViolationsS&SProposed USDAccident recordsFatality recordsInspectionsOn-site hours
2025-Q110021233,398.00107241.0
2025-Q2801696,636.00208260.5
2025-Q3701678,289.00207220.8
2025-Q410336.0000894.5
2026-Q1603,374.0000876.3
2026-Q2881580,861.00408309.5
2026-Q315734113,633.00009471.0
2026-Q4 *256—00335.3

Most cited CFR sections

All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.

Safety activity

  1. accident220261730059

    HANDLING OF MATERIALS · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT

    Accident narrative

    While repairing a splice on the #2 belt, the belt clamp unexpectedly came loose and struck the employee in the left forearm, resulting in a laceration.

  2. accident220261630013

    SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY

    Accident narrative

    Employee was working in the No. 5 Right Entry when EE tripped over a lump of coal and fell, causing EE's right hand to flex during the fall. The employee continued working following the incident until EE was removed from duty by a physician on 6/10/26 for a fracture.

  3. accident220261340020

    FALL OF ROOF OR BACK · ACCIDENT ONLY

    Accident narrative

    A non-injury roof fall occurred in the #5 entry on the 2nd East Mains at spad #258. The fall was approximately 80 feet long, 20 feet wide and up to 50 inches thick.

  4. accident220261620013

    HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY

    Accident narrative

    The employee was lifting a rub rail into position on a continuous mining machine when EE experienced pain in EE's groin area. The employee continued working following the incident and remained at work until being removed from duty by a physician on 6/1/2026.

  5. accident220252300013

    HANDLING OF MATERIALS · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT

    Accident narrative

    On 8/2/25 employee picked up a small air compressor and felt a pain in groin/stomach area. Employee continued to work and sought medical treatment on 8/8/25 and diagnosed with a potential hernia. EE continues to work and has fulfilled all their duties as a dispatcher. The employee is scheduled to see a specialist for complete diagnosis and applicable treatment.

  6. accident220252100009

    SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY

    Accident narrative

    On 7/19/25 the injured employee twisted EE's knee while rising to EE's feet from a kneeled position but finished EE's shift. Employee missed work on 7/21/25 to be examined by a physician and returned to work on 7/22/25 with no restrictions and continued to work until 7/25/25, when EE again missed work to be evaluated by a physician. The employee received a full release for 7/28/25.

  7. accident220251680014

    FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY

    Accident narrative

    Employee was in the #4 entry when a coal rib gave loose striking them on the right ankle. Employee finished the shift and sought medical attention on 6/12/25 for a fracture ankle.

  8. accident220251110008

    POWERED HAULAGE · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY

    Accident narrative

    The employee's left foot was positioned near the edge of the scoop bucket as it was being lowered to the ground, resulting in the bucket making contact with their foot.

  9. accident220250580013

    MACHINERY · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY

    Accident narrative

    While working to repair dust vacuum hose on the roof bolting machine the drill boom was inadvertently raised pinching the injured employee's fingers between the top of the drill pot and the mine roof resulting in lacerations requiring stitches to two fingers.

Safety sources and definitions

MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-18.

Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.

Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.

S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.

Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.

Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.

CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.

Latest EIA month: 2026-07Source checked 2026-10-18 · publication lag differs from MSHA.

REPORTED RECEIPTS · SHORT TONS—0 rows · 0 receiving plants
HEAT CONTENT · BTU/LB—Weighted by reported tons
SULFUR / ASH · % BY WEIGHT— / —Separate averages over measured receipts
DELIVERED COST · USD/TON—No price coverage

No receipts matched this mine in the selected period. EIA-923 does not cover all mine sales, exports or metallurgical coal shipments.

Coverage, sources and calculations
  • Reported coal receipts at EIA-923 power plants/terminals; this is not a census of mine shipments, exports or metallurgical sales.
  • Matches use only the published MSHA ID, normalized to seven digits. Unidentified mine origins remain in the source table but are not assigned to a mine.
  • Portfolio attribution uses current MSHA ownership, not ownership at the shipment date. Receipts and production can differ because of timing, stocks and coverage.
  • Quality means are weighted by positive reported tons with that measurement. Delivered cost uses only rows with published cost, positive heat and positive tons; missing/withheld costs are never zero-filled.
  • USD/ton = (cents/MMBtu ÷ 100) × MMBtu/ton. This is plant delivered cost, not mine sales price or revenue.
  • Receipt month is as published, including records supplied by annual respondents. Recent months are preliminary and subject to revision. Missing rows do not prove zero shipments.

Imported releases start 2008-01. This window includes 12 published months. EIA releases · Survey instructions

  • 2026 · preliminary · EIA923_Schedules_2_3_4_5_M_07_2026_21SEP2026.xlsx · Page 5 Fuel Receipts and Costs
  • 2025 · final · EIA923_Schedules_2_3_4_5_M_12_2025_Final.xlsx · Page 5 Fuel Receipts and Costs

Latest priced year: 2024Source checked 2026-10-18. Prices apply only to their calendar year.

FOB PRICE BENCHMARK · USD/TON150.07Published county average
ESTIMATED SALES · SHORT TONS172,756Allocated from published county sales
ESTIMATED COAL REVENUE · USD25,925,455Covered mines only · not reported revenue
ANNUAL PRODUCTION COVERED100.0%1 of 1 producing annual mine records
Mine / countyAnnual production · tonsCounty FOB · USD/tonEst. sales · tonsEst. coal revenue · USDBasis / availability
Laurel Fork Mine4609084 · Mcdowell, West Virginia171,019150.07172,75625,925,455County allocation estimate9.01% of eligible county production10 eligible mines / 10 sales respondents
Method, assumptions and source records
  1. This is an annual county-sales allocation, not reported mine or company revenue. Currency is nominal USD in the source year; quantities are short tons.
  2. Mine share = same-year annual mine production / eligible same-county production. Estimated sales = published county sales × share. Estimated coal revenue = estimated sales × published county average FOB price.
  3. The model assumes eligible mines share county sales in proportion to production and receive the county-average price. Matching mine counts is a check, not proof of identical respondents. Mine quality, contracts and sales timing can differ substantially. No statistical confidence interval is implied.
  4. FOB excludes transport and insurance. EIA-923 delivered costs do not enter this model. No grade premium, state/national fallback, quarterly apportionment or carry-forward to a later year is applied.
  5. Eligibility follows the source's production threshold and excludes preparation-only and refuse operations. Withheld values, inconsistent county counts and missing/ambiguous locations produce no estimate.
  6. County sales are published in thousands of tons and prices to cents. Calculations retain precision, but the inputs are rounded and the allocation is approximate.
  7. Portfolio attribution uses current MSHA ownership, not ownership during the sales year. Covered-mine sums exclude unavailable estimates and must not be read as whole-company revenue. Coverage denominators use the annual EIA mine-production release.

Sales-reporting threshold: 50,000 short tons per mine in 2024. Withheld sales or prices stay unavailable.

EIA Table 30 · county sales and FOB prices · EIA annual mine production · Release index

Annual report released November 19, 2025. Method: county-sales-allocation-v1. JSON and CSV preserve source row numbers and file checksums.

OWNERSHIP

Operator and controller history

Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.

CURRENT HIERARCHYRamaco Resources Inc → Ramaco Resources, LLC → Laurel Fork Mine
HISTORY RECORDS1637 relationships
INTERVAL CHECK4 REVIEWcontroller/operator overlap
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Michael D BauersachscontrolsRamaco Resources, LLCoperatesLaurel Fork Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609084
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Ramaco Resources InccontrolsRamaco Resources, LLCoperatesLaurel Fork Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609084
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Coronado Coal LLCcontrolsBuchanan Minerals, LLCoperatesLaurel Fork Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609084
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CONSOL Energy InccontrolsCONSOL Amonate Mining Company LLCoperatesLaurel Fork Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609084
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Robert E MurraycontrolsConsolidation Coal CompanyoperatesLaurel Fork Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609084
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Robert E MurraycontrolsConsolidation Coal CompanyoperatesLaurel Fork Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609084
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Robert E MurraycontrolsConsolidation Coal CompanyoperatesLaurel Fork Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609084
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Robert E MurraycontrolsConsolidation Coal CompanyoperatesLaurel Fork Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609084
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CONSOL Energy InccontrolsConsolidation Coal CompanyoperatesLaurel Fork Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609084
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Herbie NoelcontrolsBlue Diamond Coal Co. of VirginiaoperatesLaurel Fork Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609084
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John M SmithcontrolsWolfpen Mining, LLCoperatesLaurel Fork Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609084
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CONSOL Energy InccontrolsConsolidation Coal CompanyoperatesLaurel Fork Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609084
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Dick J PlastercontrolsHarvest-Time Coal IncoperatesLaurel Fork Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609084
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CONSOL Energy InccontrolsConsolidation Coal CompanyoperatesLaurel Fork Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609084
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Anthony P ClinecontrolsShadow Valley Mining, LLCoperatesLaurel Fork Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609084
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CONSOL Energy InccontrolsConsolidation Coal CompanyoperatesLaurel Fork Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609084
Other historical summaries · source-specific periods

RECORD SUMMARY

Production, safety and enforcement

These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.

01 / SAFETYwatch

Accidents and injuries

42 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,241 lost days across the published record.

ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD29 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly
02 / COMPLIANCEwatch

Violations and penalties

1,301 violation rows across the full record; 309 carry an S&S flag and $1,070,976 appears in current assessed amounts.

ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY1,040 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a
03 / HEALTHwatch

Occupational health samples

2,371 coal dust; 118 coal quartz; 69 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 12 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.

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE3K samples
coal-dust-samplesquartz-samplesnoise-samples
04 / PRODUCTIONcontext

Quarterly production and employment

28K employee hours and 40 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.

2026-Q229K tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly
05 / LEGALwatch

Contests, conferences and decisions

218 contested-violation rows, 218 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 51 conference records linked by issuance number.

POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE487 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions
06 / CONTRACTORScontext

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.

ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT6 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations
07 / INSPECTIONScontext

Inspections

253 inspection events and 8K published inspection hours across the historical record.

OVERSIGHT COVERAGE144 since 2021
inspectionsviolations

HEALTH SAMPLING

Silica and quartz

Matching records1515 coal · 0 personal · 0 area
Sample status15 not voided0 voided · 0 status not reported
Mean coal quartz concentration17.33 µg/m³15 eligible measurements · 0 missing concentration
2026 · Jun 2, 2026–Sep 16, 2026
Date / sampleDataset / analyteOccupation / areaMeasurementSample statusPublished action
58530875 / lab 2026039245Coal quartzQuartzSHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION2 µg/m³0.8% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58532551 / lab 2026039249Coal quartzQuartzCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION5 µg/m³2% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58532268 / lab 2026039248Coal quartzQuartzOCCUPATION CODE NOT FOUNDINTAKE AIR2 µg/m³0.9% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58532295 / lab 2026039275Coal quartzQuartzROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION10 µg/m³2.9% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58532043 / lab 2026039279Coal quartzQuartzSHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION14 µg/m³2.2% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58532283 / lab 2026039277Coal quartzQuartzCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION18 µg/m³3.4% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58532106 / lab 2026039250Coal quartzQuartzROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION4 µg/m³1.8% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58532292 / lab 2026035883Coal quartzQuartzOCCUPATION CODE NOT FOUNDDESIGNATED AREA0 µg/m³—% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58532229 / lab 2026023425Coal quartzQuartzROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION14 µg/m³3.8% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58532455 / lab 2026023422Coal quartzQuartzSHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION14 µg/m³2.6% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58532225 / lab 2026023430Coal quartzQuartzCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION22 µg/m³9.9% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58532278 / lab 2026023423Coal quartzQuartzCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION11 µg/m³2.8% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58532244 / lab 2026023433Coal quartzQuartzROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION132 µg/m³22.2% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58532265 / lab 2026023427Coal quartzQuartzOCCUPATION CODE NOT FOUNDINTAKE AIR4 µg/m³0.9% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58532340 / lab 2026023432Coal quartzQuartzSHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION8 µg/m³4.2% quartzNot voidedNot reported
Sources and interpretation
  • Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
  • Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
  • Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
  • Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
  • Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.

Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗

EIA + TITLE 30

EIA production and cited regulations

EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.

RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS

Recent violations and samples

Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.

VIOLATIONS12 latest shown
987938975.202(a)S&S
9879388—Order
921753975.1731(a)Citation
921753875.400Citation
921753775.1725(a)S&S
921753675.360(f)Citation
921241977.904Citation
921241877.506Citation
OTHER HEALTH SAMPLES8 latest shown

Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑

Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.179 mg/m³Voided · INVALID PRODUCTION
Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.347 mg/m³Voided
Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.3 mg/m³Voided
Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.478 mg/m³Voided
Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.545 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.319 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.31 mg/m³Voided
Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.496 mg/m³Voided

SOURCE COVERAGE

Reporting dates and coverage

17 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.

DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors42Aug 13, 2005—Jun 16, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Apr 14, 2026—Apr 14, 2026mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal1,203Mar 10, 2005—Sep 2, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal218Nov 23, 2005—Mar 13, 2026mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety2,371Apr 4, 2006—Oct 14, 2026mine-keyed
Conferencescompliance · legal51May 3, 2005—Dec 4, 2024mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal218Mar 10, 2005—Jun 22, 2026mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety1,750Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety407Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance16Mar 2, 2005—Dec 3, 2021mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance219Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance34Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance253Mar 9, 2005—Oct 14, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment69Oct 18, 2007—Sep 28, 2026mine-keyed
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety118Jun 21, 2006—Sep 16, 2026mine-keyed
Violationscompliance · safety · legal1,301Mar 10, 2005—Oct 14, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable

NOTES

Limitations

  • Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
  • Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.