Mining Incidents

Preparation Plant: 14 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Donald Nicewonder
Hurley, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404705

MSHA record for Preparation Plant (mine ID 4404705). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1983–1990
Latest incident
Jun 1990
Ownership history
  1. Virginia Energy Company Inc 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Preparation Plant sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
Buchanan County, Virginia · Population 19,857
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,216
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1990 · 1 incident

June 19, 1990 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Virginia Energy Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS PULLING ON WIRE ROPE CABLE & GOT PIECE OF STEEL IN FINGER. EMPL WORKED ON 6/19 6/20 6/21 & WENT TO DR ON 6/22 & RETURNED TO WORK ON 6/25

1989 · 2 incidents

August 29, 1989 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Virginia Energy Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WORKING ON EQUIP AT WAS PLANT DROPPED BASKET ON HAND CUTTING LEFT HAND NO LOST TIME 5- 6 STITCHES

1987 · 2 incidents

December 29, 1987 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Virginia Energy Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON CONVEYOR AND APIECE OF STEEL FELL ON HIS LEFT HAND.

September 18, 1987 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Virginia Energy Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING AT THE PREP PLANT WELDING ON FILTER,WAS IN A TIGHT SPOT HAVING TO BEND OVER AT ALL TIMES AND STRAINED HIS BACK.EMPLOYEE WAS OFF FROM 01/11/85 UNTIL 04/01/85 WITH A LOSS OF 55 DAYS.HE WAS 2FF FROM 09/09/86 UNTIL 02/16/87 WITH A LOSS OF 110 DAYS.REPORTED 01/22/85 AND 09/23/86.FOR THIS OCCURRANCE THE EMPLOYEE LAST WORKED ON 09/18/87 AND TO DATE (09/25/87 EMPLOYEE

1986 · 2 incidents

September 19, 1986 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Virginia Energy Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING 5T THE PREP PLANT WELDING ON FILTER WAS IN A TIGHT SPOT HAVING TO BEND OVER AT ALL TIMES & STRAINED HIA BACK. EE WAS OFF FROM 1-11-85 UNTIL 4-1-85 WITH LOSS OF 55 DAYS. ON 9-9 -86 HE LEFT THE3JOB SAYING THAT HIS BACK WAS GIVING HIM PROBLEMS & THAT IT WAS NO NEW INJURY JUST A REOCCURRENCE OF THE INJURY ON 1-11-85.

March 4, 1986 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Virginia Energy Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING 5 PUMP & HURT HIS BACK.

1985 · 2 incidents

August 22, 1985 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Virginia Energy Company Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER WORKING ON A PIECE OF PIPE & HE TURNED AROUND & TWISTED HIS BACK.

January 11, 1985 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Virginia Energy Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WORKING AT PREP PLANT WELDING ON FILTER IN TIGHT SPOT HAVING TO BEND OVER A ALL TIMES SPRAINED HIS BACK.

1984 · 4 incidents

August 8, 1984 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Virginia Energy Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SHOVELING COAL AT THE PREP PLANT & STRAINED HIS BACK.

June 30, 1984 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Virginia Energy Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF METAL TO RELINE HOPPER WHEN DROPPING METAL DOWN INTO BIN BY ROPE, EMPLOYEE HURT HIS BACK

June 18, 1984 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Virginia Energy Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL AND HAD PAINS IN HIS CHEST, HE WAS OFF FROM 6-18-84 THROUGH 7-9-84. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK ON 7-9-84. EMPLOYEE WAS OFF THE FIRST WEEK IN JULY WHICH WAS THEIR VAC ATION TIME, I AM INCLUDING THOSE DAYS IN THE TOTAL DAYS MISSED BECAUSE HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE RETURNED IF WE WERE WORKING

June 7, 1984 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Virginia Energy Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE HANDLING PIECE OF METAL, METAL FLEW UP AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN CHIN.

1983 · 1 incident

June 23, 1983 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Virginia Energy Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF STEEL AND STRAINED HIS BACK EMP DIDNT GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL 7/22/83 WHICH WAS A FRIDAY HE RETURNED TO WORK ON THE 25TH AND WORKED THE 25TH AND 26TH AND WAS OFF FROM WORK UNTIL 8/4/83