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Wilburn Prep Plant: 1 reportable incident Coal

Castens Equipment Services Inc · Facility
Controlled by Castens Donald L
Sipsey, Cullman County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0101422

Wilburn Prep Plant has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Mar 1984
Ownership history
  1. King Coal Company Inc 1950 to 1976
  2. King Coal Company Inc 1976 to 1984
  3. Alabama Land & Mineral Corp 1984 to 1994
  4. Castens Equipment Services Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1994 0
1991 0
1990 0
1989 0
1988 0
1987 0
1986 0
1985 3
1984 9
1983 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Wilburn Prep Plant sits in Cullman County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Cullman County, Alabama · Population 89,463
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,916
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

March 14, 1984 AL · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
King Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS REMOVING LARGE ROCKS FROM 36 IN CATWALK AND STRAINED HIS BAKC