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Ceredo Ponds: 1 reportable incident Coal

Ceredo, Wayne County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607907

Ceredo Ponds has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1991.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Mar 1991
Ownership history
  1. Cmi Recycling Of West Virginia Inc 1990 to 1994
  2. Oglebay Norton Company 1994 to 1994
  3. Kanawha River Terminals Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1997 2 2,659
1996 2 22,289
1995 6 62,403
1994 3
1991 5 1,342
1990 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Ceredo Ponds sits in Wayne County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Wayne County, West Virginia · Population 38,498
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$55,539
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1991 · 1 incident

March 26, 1991 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Cmi Recycling Of West Virginia Inc · Contact with electrical current

INJURED OPENED THE DOOR ON MP2 TO RESET BREAKER.THE DOOR ON MP2 CAME IN CONTACT WITH WIRE FROM TRANSFORMER CAUSING INJURED TO SUFFER SEVERE SHOCK.