Mining Incidents

Karen No 1 Cleaning Plant: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Kleen Coal Company · Facility
Controlled by Frazee Donald F
Kingwood, Preston County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4604587

MSHA record for Karen No 1 Cleaning Plant (mine ID 4604587). 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
1983–1988
Latest incident
Jan 1988
Ownership history
  1. Kleen Coal Company 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Karen No 1 Cleaning Plant sits in Preston County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Preston County, West Virginia · Population 34,204
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,373
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

1988 · 1 incident

January 25, 1988 WV · Coal FIRE
Kleen Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

A KERSOSENE HEA7ER THAT WAS ASSUMED TO HAVE MALFUNCTIONED CAUSED A MINE FIRE IN THE CLEANING PLANT WITH PROPERTY DAMAGE TO PROCESS EQUIPMENT AND THE BUILDING IN EXCESS OF $500,000 WITH NO BODI LY INJURIES. 3

1987 · 3 incidents

July 2, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Kleen Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING REMOVE CMI COAL DRYER WHEN HE WAS HIT IN THE FACE AND EYES WITH SAND FROM THE OVERSPRAY OF A SAND BLASTING OPERATION IN PROGRESS IN AN ADJOINING AREA OF THE PREPARATION P

May 6, 1987 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kleen Coal Company · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING DOWN STEPS TO BASEMENT LEVEL IN CLEANING PLANT WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL TO BASEMENT FLOOR INJURING THE BACK OF HIS NECK AND TAIL BONE.

April 27, 1987 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kleen Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL STEPPED DO4N FROM TAILGATE OF PICKUP TRUCK AND TURNED HIS ANKLE CAUSING SEVERE SPRAIN.

1983 · 1 incident

August 8, 1983 WV · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Kleen Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO MATERIAL STORAGE REA WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TURNED HIS ANKLE CAUSING A FX