Mining Incidents

White Oak Preparation Plant: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Nu East Mining Corp · Facility
Controlled by Hanson PLC
Orgas, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4605584

MSHA record for White Oak Preparation Plant (mine ID 4605584). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jun 1984
Ownership history
  1. Cedar Coal Company 1977 to 1984
  2. Nu East Mining Corp 1984 to 1987
  3. Nu East Mining Corp 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

White Oak Preparation Plant sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% 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.
Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1984 · 4 incidents

June 7, 1984 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS LOADING A PIECE OF PIPE ON BED OF TRUCK WHEN PIPE SLIPPED, AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE PIPE AND BED OF TRUCK, CAUSING INJURY.

May 23, 1984 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cedar Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS TAKING A 5 GALLON CAN OF OIL OUT THE EXIT DOOR ON SECOND FLOOR, GOING TOWARDS THICKNER, HIS RIGHT LEG SLIPPED AND HE FELL, CAUSING PAIN IN THE GROIN AREA.

March 17, 1984 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cedar Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE STATED THAT HE WAS MOVING BACKWARDS PULLING ON A RUBBER SCREEN PANEL. WHEN HE TRIPPED ON A PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON & FELL CAUSING INJURY.

February 9, 1984 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cedar Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP STATED THAT WHILE REMOVING THE FILTER SEGMENT FROM THE CLEAN COAL PETERSON FILTER A STRAIN WAS APPLIED TO THE SEGMENT WITHA COFFING HOIST AND WHEN FILTER BROKE LOOSE IT CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE SEGMENT AND FILTER TUB CAUSING THE INJURY

1983 · 5 incidents

August 1, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Coal Company · Struck by falling object

OTHER EMPL MOVING COUNTERWEIGHT OF R.C. SCREEN DRIVE,ROLLING IT AND IT HIT WATER HOSE AND OVERTURNED HITTING EMPL AND INJURYING ANKLE AND FOOT.

April 17, 1983 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING THE CENTER PLATE IN A STOKER DRYER WHEN HIS BACK GAVE OUT ON HIM CAUSING INJURY

January 28, 1983 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cedar Coal Company · Fall from piled material

EE STATED THAT HE WAS STEPPING FROM THE REFUSE PLATFORM TO A TRUCK FENDER & SLIPPED & FELL TO T HE GROUND CAUSING INJURY TO HEAD & NECK.

January 10, 1983 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cedar Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS USING A 16 LB SLDEGE HAMMER TO DRIVE THE FILTER BAG INTO PLACE HE WAS POUNDING ON A BOLT MISSED AND HIS FINGER HIT ON THE BOLT CAUSING INJURY

January 4, 1983 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CLEANING GRIZZLEY WITH SLATE BAR AND A LUMP OF COAL FELL FROM THE CRUSHER FEED BELT AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN SLATE BAR AND COAL