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Ranger Fuel No. 1 Mine: 233 MSHA citations

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

Ranger Fuel No. 1 Mine is a temporarily idled coal (bituminous) underground mine in Wyoming County, West Virginia, operated by Bluestone Oil Corp. with 0 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4609222). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 233 citations and orders there with $912,001 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.

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MSHA mine ID
4609222
Status
Temporarily Idled since August 4, 2026
Main commodity
Coal (bituminous)
Mine type
Underground
County
Wyoming County, West Virginia
Nearest town
Pineville
Operator
Bluestone Oil Corp.
Employees
0
MSHA field office
Beckley Field Office
Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
233
Significant and substantial
48 (20.6%)
Closure orders
14
High negligence or reckless
17
Proposed penalties
$912,001
Amount paid so far
$23,479
Inspections
32
Inspector hours on site
590
Citations per inspection
7.28 (all mines 2.30)
Accident reports
1
Injury and illness cases
1
Fatalities
0
Latest MSHA record
August 11, 2026
Citations issued to contractors here
1 ($133 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
202220744$720,5621
2023264$191,4390

Standards cited most at Ranger Fuel No. 1 Mine

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 75.400Underground coal mines, safety25
30 CFR 75.512Underground coal mines, safety22
30 CFR 75.1731Underground coal mines, safety15
30 CFR 75.1722Underground coal mines, safety11
30 CFR 75.1100-3Underground coal mines, safety10
30 CFR 75.370Underground coal mines, safety8
30 CFR 75.380Underground coal mines, safety7
30 CFR 75.220Underground coal mines, safety6
30 CFR 75.1725Underground coal mines, safety5
30 CFR 75.604Underground coal mines, safety5
30 CFR 75.1732Underground coal mines, safety4
30 CFR 75.517Underground coal mines, safety4
30 CFR 75.202Underground coal mines, safety4
30 CFR 75.904Underground coal mines, safety4
30 CFR 75.503Underground coal mines, safety4

Injury and illness cases at Ranger Fuel No. 1 Mine

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

DegreeCases
Days away from work or restricted activity1

What the accident reports at Ranger Fuel No. 1 Mine describe

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

ClassificationReports
Handtools (nonpowered)1

Equipment named in accident reports at Ranger Fuel No. 1 Mine

EquipmentReports
Hand tools (not powered)1

Other open mines in Wyoming County, West Virginia

MineOperatorCountyMain commodityEmployeesCitations since 2022
Road Fork #52 MineSpartan Mining CompanyWyoming County, WVCoal (bituminous)3502,803
Belcher BranchFrontier Coal Company, Inc.Wyoming County, WVCoal (bituminous)111,466
Itmann No 5Itmann Mining Company LPWyoming County, WVCoal (bituminous)1001,399
Lower War EagleCoal Mac EastWyoming County, WVCoal (bituminous)31,133
Eagle #3 MineRockwell Mining LLCWyoming County, WVCoal (bituminous)61857
Flying EagleRockwell Mining LLCWyoming County, WVCoal (bituminous)57728
Coal Mountain No 1 SurfaceCM Energy Operations LPWyoming County, WVCoal (bituminous)192323
Glancy Surface MineRockwell Mining LLCWyoming County, WVCoal (bituminous)130304
Coal Branch No. 2Rockwell Mining LLCWyoming County, WVCoal (bituminous)54181
K-2 PlantNuFac Mining Company, Inc.Wyoming County, WVCoal (bituminous)1104
Kepler No. 1 Prep PlantKepler Processing Company LLCWyoming County, WVCoal (bituminous)879
Wyco Surface MinePocahontas Coal CompanyWyoming County, WVCoal (bituminous)362
Coal Mountain LoadoutPerformance IndustriesWyoming County, WVCoal (bituminous)1854
Ranger Fuel Preparation PlantBluestone Oil Corp.Wyoming County, WVCoal (bituminous)148
Tom Bailey Branch Surface MineEd Coal, Inc.Wyoming County, WVCoal (bituminous)5045

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.