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Wevaco Preparation Plant: 11 reportable incidents Coal

Carbon, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603088

MSHA record for Wevaco Preparation Plant (mine ID 4603088). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
May 1987
Ownership history
  1. Carbon Fuel Company 1950 to 1982
  2. United States Steel Mining Company Inc 1982 to 1990
  3. Wevaco Processing Company 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Wevaco Preparation Plant sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Kanawha County, West Virginia · Population 178,198
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,887
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1987 · 3 incidents

March 2, 1987 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator POWERED HAULAGE
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED DISMOUN7ED FROM A RUNAWAY RAILROAD CAR AND STUMBLED AND FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT THIGH AGAINST A RAIL ON PARALLEL TRACK.

1986 · 7 incidents

November 26, 1986 WV · Coal coal sampler DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS GR5NTED AN AWARD FROM WEST VIRGINIA WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

October 3, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS GR5NTED AN AWARD FROM WEST VIRGINIA WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

September 12, 1986 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS GR5NTED AN AWARD FROM WEST VIRIGNIA WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

August 1, 1986 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS GR5NTED AN AWARD FROM WEST VIRGINIA WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

June 27, 1986 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS GR5NTED AN AWARD FROM WEST VIRGINIA WORKERS COMPENSATION FUNDFOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

April 17, 1986 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

INJ CHANGING FI6ER PINION GEAR ON RR CAR HOIST AND HAD USED OLD FIBER GEAR TO BUTT UP NEW GEAR ON PINION.OLD GEAR HAD FOLLOWED NEW GEAR ONTO PINION.INJ DRIVING 8'' SCREWDRIVER BETWEEN 2 GEARS TO REMOVE OLD 1EAR AND WHEN STRUCK BY BALLPEIN HAMMER,SCREWDRIVER FLEW STRIKING INJ IN LEFT EYE.WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

January 13, 1986 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS GR5NTED AN AWARD FROM WEST VIRGINIA WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOSONIOSIS.

1983 · 1 incident

June 3, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS KNEELING ON BELT TAKING BELT CLAMP LOOSE A COWORKER WAS TAKING A SECOND BELT CLAMP LOOSE WHEN TENSION RELEASED BELT SLIPPED AND PULLED INJURED BETWEEN BELT AND CROSS MEMBER PINNI NG HIM BELT COUNTER-WEIGHT THAT RELEASES TENSION WAS BEING HELD UP BY 2 CHAIN HOISTS THEREFORE DID NOT EXPECT ANY SLIPPAGE