Mining Incidents

No 3 Prep Plant Coal

Rapoca Energy Company · Underground
Norton, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4401862

MSHA record for No 3 Prep Plant (mine ID 4401862). 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
Ownership history
  1. Black Watch Coal Corp 1950 to 1976
  2. Excello Coal Corp 1976 to 1977
  3. Black Watch/Black Diamond Coal Corp 1977 to 1980
  4. Rapoca Energy Company 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 3 Prep Plant sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% 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.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
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.