WEATHER CONDITIONS RAIN (WET AND HEAVY TARP) WAS ON TOP OF TRUCK NEAR BACK. STEPPED BACK LOST BALANCE, FELL TO GROUND.
Alpheus Preparation Plant: 24 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Alpheus Preparation Plant (mine ID 4602296). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 24
- Years on record
- 1983–1990
- Latest incident
- Apr 1990
- United States Steel Mining Company Inc 1950 to 1989
- West Virginia-Tennessee Coal Sales Inc 1989 to present
Alpheus Preparation Plant sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
24 on file1990 · 1 incident
1986 · 8 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS GR5NTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS
EMPLOYEE WAS GR5NTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS
EMPLOYEE WAS GR5NTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL PHEUMOCONIOSIS
EMPL GRANTED AW5RD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
INJURED WAS REM2VING A COUNTER BALANCE WHEEL FROM VIBRATOR WITH A PRY BAR AS HE PUSHED FORWARD THE BAR SLIPPED AND INJURED RT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BAR AND SIDE OF THE VIBRATOR
EMPLOYEE WAS GR5NTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
EMPLOYEE WAS GR5NTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
INJ WAS WLKING 6ETWEEN THE WAREHOUSE AND OIL HHOUSE WHEN HE TRIPPED ON PACKING BAND THAT HAD FROZEN INTO THE GROUND INJ FELL TO GROUND HIT HEAD ON THE GROUND
1985 · 8 incidents
INJURED WAS DRI5ING A NUT ONTO A PUMP SHAFT WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW OFF THE SHAFT & ENTERED HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPL GRANTED AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMP FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
INJURED WAS WALKING ALONG SIDE F OF BUILDING WHEN HE STUMBLED IN TRYING TO BRACE HIMSELF HIS HAND STRUCK A WINDOW PANE BROKE IT AND HIS RIGHT THUMB WAS LACERATED
INJ WAS DROPPING RR CARS WHEN CARS CONTACTED RETARDERS INJUREDS LEFT SIDE STRUCK THE CAR HE WAS RIDING
INJURED & COWORKER WERE ATTEMPTING TO PUSH AN AUTOMOBILE OFF SEVERAL 20FT JOINTS OF 4IN PIPE WHILE DRIVER ACCELERATED AS VEHICLES REAR WHEELS SPUN KICKING TWO JOINTS OF PIPE INUN KICKING TWO J OINTS OF PIPE INJURED LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL TO GROUND A JOINT OF PIPE FELL ON HIS HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS GRANTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKEDRS COMPENSATION FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS
EMPLOYEE WAS GRANTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS
EMPLOYEE WAS GRANTED AN AWARD FOM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
1984 · 4 incidents
INJURED WAS WALKING WHEN HE STUMBLED OVER A HOSE AND FELL ON HIS SIDE
WALKING ACROSS PLANT FLOOR TRIPPED ON ABJECT AND FELL TO FLOOR.
STANDING ON TOP OF MOTOR GUARD USING WATER HOSE TO UNPLUG FEEDLINE.FELL OFF STRIKING LEFT THIGH AGAINST FEEDLINE COVER.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRANTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKERS CONPENSATION FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS
1983 · 3 incidents
GRANTED AWARD FROM WV COMP FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL PHEUMOCONIOSIS.
GRANTED AWARD FROM WV COMP FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
AFTER PINCHING R.R. CAR BACK TO GET IT UNCOUPLED THE PINCH BAR BECAME FOULED, WHILE STANDING ON THE BAR AND BETWEEN THE CARS AND HOLDING ONTO CARS THE BAR BECAME UNFOULED INJURED THRU HIS FOOT UP ON THE COUPLING THE DRIFTED BACK CATCHING FOOT BETWEEN COUPLING AND CAR.