Westmoreland Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING AND MOVING PARTS STRAINED GROIN.1ST DAY OFF 10-02-85.
Pine Branch Preparation Plant: 7 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Pine Branch Preparation Plant (mine ID 4403277). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1984–1985
- Latest incident
- Sep 1985
Ownership history
- Westmoreland Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Pine Branch Preparation Plant sits in Wise County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.9% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Wise County, Virginia · Population 35,727
5.9%
Mining share of county employment
$50,740
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file1985 · 3 incidents
March 18, 1985
VA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
STRIKING OR BUMPING
Westmoreland Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
EE WAS RUNNING OUT CAT WALK TO GET METAL OFF BELT HIT KNEE ON METAL IN DOORWAY.
Westmoreland Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE ALLEGE8 THAT WHEN HE BENT OVER TO WALK UNDER THE TRUCK DRAG HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE TRUCK DRAG FRAME.
1984 · 4 incidents
Westmoreland Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects
SHOVELING COAL SPILL FROM BELT WAS ON KNEES GOT UP TO MOVE & SLIPPED STRIKING LEFT KNEE AGAINST GUARD RAIL.
Westmoreland Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
INJURED WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO PRY UP ON THE TOP OF FRONT DOOR TO TIPPLE TO GET DOOR BACK IN PLACE WHEN HE PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
Westmoreland Coal Company · Struck by falling object
WORKING UNDER SCREEN IN THE HOPPER CLEANING MAGNETITE OFF THE SCREEN, A PIECE FELL ON WRIST.
January 16, 1984
VA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Westmoreland Coal Company · Fall from machine
WAS STEPPING OUT OF TRACTOR FOOT SLIPPED OFFF OF STEP AND TURNED ANKLE