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
Preparation Plant: 14 reportable incidents Coal
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
- Virginia Energy Company Inc 1977 to present
Preparation Plant sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
14 on file1990 · 1 incident
1989 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON TANK AND TANK HAD TO BE RAISED TO POSITION AND EMPLOYEE HURT HIS BACK.
WORKING ON EQUIP AT WAS PLANT DROPPED BASKET ON HAND CUTTING LEFT HAND NO LOST TIME 5- 6 STITCHES
1987 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON CONVEYOR AND APIECE OF STEEL FELL ON HIS LEFT HAND.
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
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.
EE WAS LIFTING 5 PUMP & HURT HIS BACK.
1985 · 2 incidents
EE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER WORKING ON A PIECE OF PIPE & HE TURNED AROUND & TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPL WORKING AT PREP PLANT WELDING ON FILTER IN TIGHT SPOT HAVING TO BEND OVER A ALL TIMES SPRAINED HIS BACK.
1984 · 4 incidents
EE WAS SHOVELING COAL AT THE PREP PLANT & STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF METAL TO RELINE HOPPER WHEN DROPPING METAL DOWN INTO BIN BY ROPE, EMPLOYEE HURT HIS BACK
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
EMPLOYEE HANDLING PIECE OF METAL, METAL FLEW UP AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN CHIN.
1983 · 1 incident
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