Mining Incidents

#8 Preparation Plant Coal

Controlled by Massey Energy Company
Premier, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4602210

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1986–1989
Latest incident
May 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1989 · 1 incident

1988 · 1 incident

March 4, 1988 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Soho Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDV CLEANING OUT CLEAN COAL CHAIN WHEN SHOVEL GOT HUNG.PULLED BACK ON IT,FINGERNAIL WAS TORN OFF.

1987 · 1 incident

July 15, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Soho Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PUTTING A3COVER BACK ON THE #3 HEAD ABEL PUMP,THE INJURED WAS SWINGING AND PUSHING THE COVER IN PLACE AND STRAINED HIS BACCK.

1986 · 1 incident

April 16, 1986 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Soho Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE INJURED WAS3TRAVELING FROM THE REFUSE DUMP TO THE PREP PLANT WHEN HIS TRUCK SLID ON THE RAIN SLICKENED ROAD AND HE RAN INTO A PILE OF COAL AT THE RAW COAL STORAGE AREA