Mining Incidents

No 1 Preparation Plant Coal

Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603939

MSHA record for No 1 Preparation Plant (mine ID 4603939). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
30
Years on record
1983–1998
Latest incident
Jan 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2
inspections on record
13
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: 13 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

30 on file

1998 · 1 incident

January 28, 1998 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Royal Scot Minerals Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CUTTING AND REMOVING FALLEN TREES FROM A ROAD TRAVELWAY TREE LIMB TURNED LOOSE STRICKING EE ON NOSE.

1997 · 1 incident

December 23, 1997 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Royal Scot Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT INDEX FINGER OF LEFT HAND WHILE USING HAND HELD BAND SAW.

1995 · 1 incident

April 27, 1995 WV · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales POWERED HAULAGE
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

FUEL SUPPLY PROBLEM CAUSING ENGINE TO STALL- STEERING AND BRAKES TO FAIL.

1994 · 1 incident

February 11, 1994 WV · Coal FIRE
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

APPEARANCE OF SITE INDICTED A HEAT BUILD UP FROM POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL INFARED RED HEATER COMBINED WITH COAL DUST. DAMAGE WAS DONE TO BELT, BELT CONVEYORS, FINE COAL FILTER & ELECTRICAL WIRING I N THIS SECTION.

1993 · 5 incidents

June 1, 1993 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE 4 X 8 SHEETS OF STEEL. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS USING COMEALONG TO PULL THE STEEL AND THE SHEET EE WAS HOLDING SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIM ON THE LEG AND ANKLE.

March 8, 1993 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING ON A 988 LOADER. HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL INTO THE BUCKET OF THE MACHINE.

February 2, 1993 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING THE 992 B LOADER AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

January 27, 1993 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING TRUCK- HIT HOLE IN ROAD HIT HEAD ON ROOF CAB OF TRUCK.

January 23, 1993 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS OUT ON THE LOADER CLEANING THE WINDOWS, SLIPPED AND FELL OFF THE LOADER.

1992 · 5 incidents

July 15, 1992 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER ONT EH 992B LOADER. LOST HIS FOOTING AND SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT ARM.

June 4, 1992 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BAR TO LOOSEN TAG LINE ON A CRANE. A CABLE CAME LOOSE CAUSING A BAR TO STRIKE HIS HAND.

April 27, 1992 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A FUEL NOZZLE BACK ON ITS HANGER & LOST HIS FOOTING & CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS ARM & INJURED HIS SHOULDER

1991 · 3 incidents

December 10, 1991 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL SITTING IN MACK RD600 DURING LOADING OF COAL ONTO TRUCK.THE LOADER DROPPED A BUCKET OF COAL SUDDENLY ONTO THE TRUCK CAUSING A JAR TO EMPL AND HITTING TOP OF HEAD -STOVED VERTEBRATE

August 30, 1991 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL HAD ONGOING PROBLEM WITH KNEE. HE HAD OUTPATIENT SURGERY ON 9/16/91.

July 24, 1991 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

1990 · 2 incidents

1989 · 1 incident

July 24, 1989 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LOADING CRIB BLOCKS ONTO TRUCK, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK.

1988 · 2 incidents

June 29, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL MOVED FROM CROUCHED POSITION TO STANDING POSITION WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EMPL WAS NOT LIFTING ANYTHING.

June 6, 1988 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REGUALTE THE FLOW OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA BY ADJUSTING A MANUAL VALVE(IN LINE) AND A FAULTY SEAL PACKING EMPLOYEE TO COME IN CONTACT WITH ANHYDROUS AMMONIA VAPORS.

1987 · 1 incident

October 27, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE BEGAN 7OMPLAINING OF SEDVERE B ACK PAIN & MUSCLE SPASMS WHILE DRIVING 777 CAT TRUCK EMPLOYEE HAS ALSO MENTIONED HAVING SIMILAR BACK PAIN BEFORE COMING TO WORK THIS INCIDENT STILL PEND ING DOC. REPORT3

1986 · 1 incident

June 10, 1986 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO ENTER CAB COMPARTMENT OF LOADER WHEN HE STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE ON OPEN DOOR CAUSING A CONTUSION TO LEFT KNEE

1985 · 2 incidents

January 22, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM CROUCHED ON KNEE REMOVING HEATING UNIT FROM ADJACENT PARKED VEHICLE AS TRUCK BACKED UP IT RAN OVER ANKLE AND CALF OF RIGHT LEG WITH RIGHT FRONT TIRE.

January 3, 1985 WV · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON ROTARY SPEED REDUCER WITH A WRENCH WHEN HE FELT PULL IN LOWER BACK.

1984 · 2 incidents

September 24, 1984 WV · Coal electrician, lineman STRIKING OR BUMPING
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN AN AREA OF THE PREP PLANT WHERE THERE HAD BEEN RECENT CONSTRUCTION WHEN HE BUMPED HIS HEAD INTO AN I BEAM. THIS AGGRAVATED AN OLD NECK INJURY.

May 4, 1984 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB A C & O RAILROAD COAL CAR WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTAGE DUE TO WET WEATHER (RAINY DAY) STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND ON LADDER.

1983 · 2 incidents

July 18, 1983 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN AN EMBANKMENT WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING THE EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND WHICH CAUSED A BRUISE ON THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK

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The full compliance file on No 1 Preparation Plant

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.