Westmoreland Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
EE WAS WORKING IN PREP PLANT WHEN HE STEPPED ON A SPIKE.
Clifftop Prep Plant: 2 reportable incidents Coal
Clifftop Prep Plant has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1983.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Jul 1983
Ownership history
- Carneal Coal Company 1950 to 1976
- Westmoreland Coal Company 1976 to 1986
- Delma Land Corp 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1984 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Clifftop Prep Plant sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 39,987
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1983 · 2 incidents
Westmoreland Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS CLEANING AREA WHEN HW SLIPPED & FELL ABOUT 15\.