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Prep Plant No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Keenan Darrell R
Belle, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606253

Prep Plant No 1 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1986.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Mar 1986
Ownership history
  1. Witcher Creek Coal Company Inc 1980 to 1985
  2. Witcher Mining Corp 1985 to 1987
  3. First Big Mountain Mining Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1991 12
1990 16
1989 15
1988 13
1987 11
1986 11
1985 5
1984 0
1983 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Prep Plant No 1 sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Kanawha County, West Virginia · Population 178,198
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,887
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1986 · 1 incident

March 25, 1986 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Witcher Mining Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ARING AREA AT REFUSE SITE, WITH D-4 DOZER ON A SMALL GRADE ANDDOZER GOT AWAY AND WENT OVER EMBANKMENT TO LOWER ROAD AND EMPLOYEE HIT HEAD ON THE DOZER MIRROR.