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Preparation Plant #1: 2 reportable incidents 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
Ownership history
  1. Weston Coal Processing Company 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Preparation Plant #1 sits in Lewis County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 8.1% 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.
Lewis County, West Virginia · Population 16,808
8.1%
Mining share of county employment
$52,279
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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