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Stickney Preparation Plant: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Peabody Coal Company · Facility
Controlled by Hanson PLC
Stickney, Raleigh County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603193

MSHA record for Stickney Preparation Plant (mine ID 4603193). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Dec 1987
Ownership history
  1. Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc 1950 to 1980
  2. Armco Inc 1980 to 1984
  3. Peabody Coal Company 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Stickney Preparation Plant sits in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
Raleigh County, West Virginia · Population 73,666
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,055
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1987 · 3 incidents

December 1, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE STEPPING 8OWN ON PUMP PLATFORM EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A BOLT LAYING IN FLOOR AND SLIPPED TWISTING ANKLE

May 7, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Peabody Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HITTIN1 ON TAILGATE BRACKET WITH HAMMER AND A PIECE OF METAL HIT HIM IN THE EYE.

January 22, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL LIFTING BE8 OF TRUCK TO UNLOAD COAL,WHILE BED WAS BEING RAISED,COAL WAS FROZEN TO BED AND TRUCK WAS PARKED ON SLIGHT UNEVEN GRADE CAUSING TRUCK TO OVERTURN ON RIGHT SIDE AT STOCKPILE,HURT LEFT SHOULDER 5ND BACK.

1985 · 1 incident

October 14, 1985 WV · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOAD OXYGEN TANK AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AS HE TRUNED TO LOAD CYLINDER.

1984 · 1 incident

February 1, 1984 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Armco Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INJURED WAS CHARGING BATTERY & WAS CLEANING TERMINALS LEADS GROUNDED & SPARKS SET OFF ACC OF HYU HYDROGEN

1983 · 1 incident

November 3, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Armco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS USING PORTA POWER TO STRAIGHTEN BUMPER BLOCK OFF TAIL GATE WHEN PORTA POWER SLIPPED FROM BETWEEN TAILGATE AND BUMPER BLOCK STRIKING INJURED OVER RT EYE