Mining Incidents

Preparation Plant: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404638

MSHA record for Preparation Plant (mine ID 4404638). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1984–1988
Latest incident
Mar 1988
Ownership history
  1. Tazewell Coal Equipment Partnership 1977 to 1979
  2. Tazewell Coal Equipment Partnership 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Preparation Plant sits in Tazewell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.
Tazewell County, Virginia · Population 39,933
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$45,788
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

1987 · 2 incidents

September 30, 1987 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Tazewell Coal Equipment Partnership · Struck by flying object

GRINDING METAL 4ITH HAND GRINDER.SMALL PARTICLE OF METAL BOUNCED BACK UNDERNEATH SAFETY GLASSES AND HIT IN RIGHT EYE.

1985 · 1 incident

April 23, 1985 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Tazewell Coal Equipment Partnership · Struck by falling object

CUTTING TREE ONE GOT TAUGHT WITH ANOTHER TREE AND FELL AND HIT ON HEAD.

1984 · 3 incidents

September 12, 1984 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Tazewell Coal Equipment Partnership · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING TREES TREE FELL CAUGHT GRAPE VINE PULLED TREE LIMB TO RIGHT SHOULDER