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.
White Oak Preparation Plant: 9 reportable incidents Coal
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
- Cedar Coal Company 1977 to 1984
- Nu East Mining Corp 1984 to 1987
- Nu East Mining Corp 1987 to present
White Oak Preparation Plant sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
9 on file1984 · 4 incidents
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.
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.
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
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.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING THE CENTER PLATE IN A STOKER DRYER WHEN HIS BACK GAVE OUT ON HIM CAUSING INJURY
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.
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
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