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#8 Preparation Plant: 4 reportable incidents Coal

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

MSHA record for #8 Preparation Plant (mine ID 4602210). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1986–1989
Latest incident
May 1989
Ownership history
  1. Royalty Smokeless Coal Company Inc 1950 to present
  2. Soho Coal Company Inc 1985 to 1990
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#8 Preparation Plant sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% 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.
McDowell County, West Virginia · Population 18,413
13.0%
Mining share of county employment
$29,980
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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