Data / Mines / West Virginia / Tunnel Ridge Mine
Tunnel Ridge Mine: 581 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Tunnel Ridge Mine is an active coal (bituminous) underground mine in Ohio County, West Virginia, operated by Tunnel Ridge, LLC with 461 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4608864). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 581 citations and orders there with $201,233 in proposed penalties, and 176 accident reports were filed there, with 154 injury or illness cases, 1 of them fatal.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4608864
- Status
- Active since July 26, 2010
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Ohio County, West Virginia
- Nearest town
- Valley Grove
- Operator
- Tunnel Ridge, LLC
- Parent company
- Alliance Resource Partners LP
- Employees
- 461
- MSHA field office
- St. Clairsville OH Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 581
- Significant and substantial
- 49 (8.4%)
- Closure orders
- 12
- High negligence or reckless
- 13
- Proposed penalties
- $201,233
- Amount paid so far
- $175,488
- Inspections
- 520
- Inspector hours on site
- 11,666
- Citations per inspection
- 1.12 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 176
- Injury and illness cases
- 154
- Fatalities
- 1
- Latest MSHA record
- November 4, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 22 ($9,223 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 91 | 12 | $33,736 | 40 |
| 2023 | 142 | 14 | $65,898 | 45 |
| 2024 | 133 | 17 | $42,400 | 25 |
| 2025 | 113 | 4 | $38,682 | 26 |
| 2026 | 102 | 2 | $20,517 | 18 |
Standards cited most at Tunnel Ridge Mine
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 75.400 | Underground coal mines, safety | 107 |
| 30 CFR 75.202 | Underground coal mines, safety | 43 |
| 30 CFR 75.1731 | Underground coal mines, safety | 42 |
| 30 CFR 75.370 | Underground coal mines, safety | 34 |
| 30 CFR 75.333 | Underground coal mines, safety | 32 |
| 30 CFR 75.380 | Underground coal mines, safety | 26 |
| 30 CFR 75.1403 | Underground coal mines, safety | 21 |
| 30 CFR 75.360 | Underground coal mines, safety | 11 |
| 30 CFR 72.630 | Part 72 | 11 |
| 30 CFR 75.503 | Underground coal mines, safety | 11 |
| 30 CFR 77.205 | Surface coal mines, safety | 9 |
| 30 CFR 75.1505 | Underground coal mines, safety | 8 |
| 30 CFR 75.1403-5 | Underground coal mines, safety | 8 |
| 30 CFR 77.400 | Surface coal mines, safety | 7 |
| 30 CFR 75.403 | Underground coal mines, safety | 7 |
Injury and illness cases at Tunnel Ridge Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Fatality | 1 |
| Permanent disability | 1 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 100 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 52 |
What the accident reports at Tunnel Ridge Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 66 |
| Fall of roof or back | 25 |
| Machinery | 23 |
| Slip or fall of person | 17 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 17 |
| Powered haulage | 9 |
| Ignition or explosion of gas or dust | 4 |
| Striking or bumping | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
| Fall of face/rib/pillar/side/highwall | 3 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Tunnel Ridge Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 18 |
| Continuous miner | 10 |
| Rock or roof bolting machine | 10 |
| Conveyor | 4 |
| Hand tools (powered) | 3 |
| Mancar | 2 |
| Welding machine | 2 |
| Locomotive | 2 |
| Shuttle car | 2 |
| Mucking machine | 1 |
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.