Mining Incidents

Harewood Prep Plant/Refuse Area Coal

Controlled by Pittston Company
Boomer, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603183

MSHA record for Harewood Prep Plant/Refuse Area (mine ID 4603183). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
1
inspections on record
5
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 5 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Allied Chemical Corp-Semet Solvay Div 1950 to 1980
  2. Armco Inc 1980 to 1984
  3. Peabody Coal Company 1984 to 1988
  4. Hawks Nest Mining Company 1988 to 1995
  5. Kanawha Development Corp 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Harewood Prep Plant/Refuse Area sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 39,987
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.