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#1 Prep Plant: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Rebel Coals Inc · Facility
Controlled by Stanley Darrell
Clinchco, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406268

MSHA record for #1 Prep Plant (mine ID 4406268). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987–1993
Latest incident
Jul 1993
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1
inspections on record
8
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 8 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. K M H Energy Corp 1986 to 1997
  2. Rebel Coals Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#1 Prep Plant sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1993 · 1 incident

July 26, 1993 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K M H Energy Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SPLICING BELT AND STUCK A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS FINGER. AFTER A FEW DAYS, INFECTION SET UP IN HAND, CAUSING HOSPITALIZATION.

1987 · 1 incident

October 9, 1987 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
K M H Energy Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS OPERATIN1 A 992 LOADER WHEN HE BACKED INTO A ROCK,FORCING THE ENGINE GOVENOR TO STICK IN A WIDE OPEN POSITION AND BUSTING RADIATOR AND OIL COOLER. HE WAS UNABLE TO TURN ENGINE OFF IN TH E NORMAL WAY. H9 THEN GOT OFF THE LOADER AND WAS WORKING AROUND THE ENGINE TO TURN IT OFF. OIL AND WATER WAS SPILLING OUT AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL, INJURING HIS THUMB.