Mining Incidents

Rockhouse Prep Plant #2: 1 reportable incident Coal

Wellmore Coal Corp · Facility
Controlled by United Company
Stacy, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4403254

MSHA record for Rockhouse Prep Plant #2 (mine ID 4403254). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
May 1983
Ownership history
  1. Virginia By-Products 1971 to 1985
  2. Knox Creek Coal Corp 1985 to 1987
  3. Wellmore Coal Corp 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rockhouse Prep Plant #2 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

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

May 27, 1983 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Virginia By-Products · Fall from machine

GREASING ARM ON A 966 END LOADER. HE WAS ON TOP OF THE WHEEL & FELL OFF ONTO THE GROUND. HIS BACK & LEGS ARE SORE FROM THE FALL.