Mining Incidents

Tri County Preparation Plant: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Wyoming Fuel Company · Facility
Controlled by Kn Energy Inc
Perry, Ralls County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2301802

MSHA record for Tri County Preparation Plant (mine ID 2301802). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Dec 1983
Ownership history
  1. Wyoming Fuel Company 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Tri County Preparation Plant sits in Ralls County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Ralls County, Missouri · Population 10,394
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,054
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1983 · 3 incidents

December 8, 1983 MO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wyoming Fuel Company · Fall onto or against objects

USING PIPE TO PRY OBJECT,OBJECT GAVE WAY-PIPE KNOCKED EMPL BACK ONTO CONVEYOR BELT WHERE HE HAD BEEN STANDING.

February 5, 1983 MO · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wyoming Fuel Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE LIGHT SNOW GROUND WAS SNOW PACKED TEMP +28 F DRIVER WAS DOING A WALK AROUND HIS TRUCK IN PREPARATION OF LOADING WASHED COAL HE SLIPPED ON ICE RESULTING IN FRACTURE OF H IS ANKLE

February 4, 1983 MO · Coal master electrician MACHINERY
Wyoming Fuel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUMPING HYDRAULIC OIL WITH BOTH ARMS EXTENDED OVER HEAD,BODY SLIGHTLY TWISTED.STRAIN FROM PUMPING FLUID -INJURED LOWER BACK.