Mining Incidents

Preparation Plant #1 Coal

Controlled by Karle Walter
Rrt 3 Box 38l Weston Wv, Lewis County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606555

MSHA record for Preparation Plant #1 (mine ID 4606555). 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
1983–1987
Latest incident
Sep 1987
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1987 · 1 incident

September 8, 1987 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Weston Coal Processing Company · Struck by flying object

HYDRAULIC HOSE 6URST AND BROKE THE WINDSHIELD. GLASS & OIL CAME INTO THE CAB OF THE LOADER STRIKING OPERATOR IN FACE WITH GLASS & OIL. AT THE TIME OF INJURY WE FLUSHED EYE WITH EYE WAS & OFFER ED TO TAKE OPER5TOR TO HOSPITAL & HE THOUGHT EYE WAS JUST IRRIATED.

1983 · 1 incident

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The full compliance file on Preparation Plant #1

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.