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Beckley No 2 Preparation Plant: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Ranger Fuel Corp · Facility
Controlled by Pittston Company
Sabine, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606071

MSHA record for Beckley No 2 Preparation Plant (mine ID 4606071). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Mar 1987
Ownership history
  1. Ranger Fuel Corp 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Beckley No 2 Preparation Plant sits in Wyoming County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
Wyoming County, West Virginia · Population 20,948
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$48,038
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

March 6, 1987 WV · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Ranger Fuel Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

COMPENSATION AW5RD FOR CWP.

February 3, 1987 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ranger Fuel Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING OFF WATER AT END OF SHIFT AND BUMPED HIS RIGHT KNEE ON AN ELBOW JOINT OF PIPE IN AREA.

1986 · 3 incidents

December 2, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Ranger Fuel Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS CL5IMED

December 2, 1986 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Ranger Fuel Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS CL5IMED

December 2, 1986 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Ranger Fuel Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS CL5IMED