Mining Incidents

Keystone No 4 Prep Plant: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Stotesbury, Raleigh County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4602870

MSHA record for Keystone No 4 Prep Plant (mine ID 4602870). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Feb 1985
Ownership history
  1. Eastern Associated Coal Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Keystone No 4 Prep Plant sits in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
Raleigh County, West Virginia · Population 73,666
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,055
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1985 · 1 incident

February 5, 1985 WV · Coal FIRE
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A SMOLDERING FIRE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE CLEAN COAL SILO. MATERIALS IN THE SILO ARE CURRENTLY BEING LOADED DIRECTLY INTO RAILROAD CARS.

1984 · 1 incident

October 4, 1984 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CLEANING OUT MAGNETITE THICKENER & AS HE WAS CLIMBING OVER INTO THE THICKENER HE CUT HIS HAND ON A WIRE RING ON TOP OF THE TICKENER.