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Donegan #1 Prep Plant: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Fenwick, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4602183

MSHA record for Donegan #1 Prep Plant (mine ID 4602183). 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
1983–1989
Latest incident
Sep 1989
Ownership history
  1. Island Creek Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Donegan #1 Prep Plant sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.
Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
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

September 18, 1989 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Island Creek Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

STATE BLACK LUNG AWARD.

1987 · 1 incident

June 11, 1987 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Island Creek Coal Company · Fall from machine

I NAME WAS CLEA3ING DIRT FROM DOZER TRACKS WITH TRACKS SPADE AND SPADE BROKE THROUGH DIRT ON IMPACT CAUSING HIM TO FALL FORWARD CAUSING PAIN IN BACK.

1985 · 1 incident

October 21, 1985 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM WAS TURNING THE FORD PICKUP TRUCK AROUND WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL KICKED BACK STRIKING RIGHT HAND

1983 · 1 incident

February 17, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Island Creek Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING OUTRIGGER ONTO TRUCK RESULTING IN RUPTURE OF LEFT GROIN