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River Ridge P-1, Letcher County, Kentucky: 97 MSHA citations

Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.

River Ridge P-1 is an active coal (bituminous) surface mine in Letcher County, Kentucky, operated by 4TH Gen Fuels with 30 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1519895). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 97 citations and orders there with $21,046 in proposed penalties, and 4 accident reports were filed there, with 4 injury or illness cases.

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MSHA mine ID
1519895
Status
Active since April 22, 2021
Main commodity
Coal (bituminous)
Mine type
Surface
County
Letcher County, Kentucky
Nearest town
Cumberland
Operator
4TH Gen Fuels
Employees
30
MSHA field office
Harlan KY Field Office
Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
97
Significant and substantial
11 (11.3%)
Closure orders
2
High negligence or reckless
1
Proposed penalties
$21,046
Amount paid so far
$16,482
Inspections
28
Inspector hours on site
1,143
Citations per inspection
3.46 (all mines 2.30)
Accident reports
4
Injury and illness cases
4
Fatalities
0
Latest MSHA record
October 26, 2026
Citations issued to contractors here
25 ($3,545 proposed)

Citations and injury cases by year

Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.

YearCitations and ordersSignificant and substantialProposed penaltiesInjury and illness cases
2022101$1,3551
2023161$2,7361
2024334$9,0890
2025121$3,6211
2026264$4,2451

Standards cited most at River Ridge P-1

Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.

StandardWhat the part coversCitations
30 CFR 77.1606Surface coal mines, safety23
30 CFR 77.410Surface coal mines, safety12
30 CFR 72.620Part 7211
30 CFR 77.1605Surface coal mines, safety10
30 CFR 77.208Surface coal mines, safety4
30 CFR 77.404Surface coal mines, safety4
30 CFR 77.1607Surface coal mines, safety3
30 CFR 77.1000Surface coal mines, safety3
30 CFR 77.400Surface coal mines, safety3
30 CFR 77.205Surface coal mines, safety2
30 CFR 77.502-2Surface coal mines, safety2
30 CFR 77.1110Surface coal mines, safety2
30 CFR 71.501Surface coal mines, health2
30 CFR 71.403Surface coal mines, health2
30 CFR 48.31Training of miners2

Injury and illness cases at River Ridge P-1

Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.

DegreeCases
Days away from work or restricted activity4

What the accident reports at River Ridge P-1 describe

Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.

ClassificationReports
Slip or fall of person1
Powered haulage1
Machinery1
Handtools (nonpowered)1

Equipment named in accident reports at River Ridge P-1

EquipmentReports
Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks1
Front-end loader1
Hand tools (powered)1
Hand tools (not powered)1

Other open mines in Letcher County, Kentucky

MineOperatorCountyMain commodityEmployeesCitations since 2022
Trace Fork #2Cumberland Coal CorporationLetcher County, KYCoal (bituminous)3241
Meadow BranchNally & Hamilton Enterprises IncLetcher County, KYCoal (bituminous)34183
Defeated CreekNally & Hamilton Enterprises IncLetcher County, KYCoal (bituminous)681
Pine Mountain StoneMountain Aggregates, IncLetcher County, KYCrushed, broken limestone2362
No 3RGB Resources and Development LLCLetcher County, KYCoal (bituminous)1552
Mill Creek Prep PlantDeane Mining, LLCLetcher County, KYCoal (bituminous)133
Deadening BranchMark Energy, LLCLetcher County, KYCoal (bituminous)832
Trace ForkMark Energy, LLCLetcher County, KYCoal (bituminous)3127
No. 2Beldon Processing LLC.Letcher County, KYCoal (bituminous)020
Auger #38DirtWorx Mining LLCLetcher County, KYCoal (bituminous)410
SHM-70Mega Highwall Mining LLCLetcher County, KYCoal (bituminous)108
Razorblade SurfaceBluegrass ResourcesLetcher County, KYCoal (bituminous)06
Roxana Prep PlantKingdom Coal, LLCLetcher County, KYCoal (bituminous)14
#1Genesis Group, LLCLetcher County, KYCoal (bituminous)04
Cumberland QuarryBluegrass Materials Company, LLCLetcher County, KYCrushed, broken limestone31

US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.