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Midland Trail No. 1 Plant Coal

West Virginia Mine Power, Inc · Facility

Controlled by John B Preece

Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4608783

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2001–2004
Latest incident: Jul 2004

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

142

citations

significant & substantial

$13,754

proposed penalties

$9,960

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1	0	0	0
2014 Q4	0	0	0
2014 Q3	0	0	0
2014 Q2	0	0	0
2014 Q1	0	0	0
2013 Q1	0	1	0
2011 Q4	0	0	0
2011 Q3	0	0	0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2004 · 1 incident

July 31, 2004 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

New River Mining Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured hooked a chain falt to a trolley, he then proceeded to hook a chain to a pipe section. As he put tension on the chain, the trolley slid off of the end of the I-beam, due to a lack of a stop being at the end of the beam; the trolley struck him on the head, knocking off his hard hat, causing a laceration.

2003 · 1 incident

October 27, 2003 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL

New River Mining Company, Inc. · Flash burns (electric)

LATCHES ON BREAKER DOOR WERE NOT TURNED ALL THE WAY. WHEN BREAKER WAS RESET THE BREAKER BLEW UP. DOOR BLEW OPEN BURNING HIS FACE, NECK HANDS AND 6-8 INCHES ON ARMS. 480 V BREAKER.

2002 · 1 incident

July 16, 2002 WV · Coal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Raders Run Mining Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TALKING TO LOADER OPERATOR, DISCUSSING HOW COOL THE AIR WAS COMING OUT OF THE VENT - STICKING HIS RT HAND IN THE VENT HOLE - 1ST 2 FINGERS CAME IN CONTACT WITH FAN BLADE CAUSING LACERAT ION.

2001 · 1 incident

November 27, 2001 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Raders Run Mining Llc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING SCREENS IN VIBRATER. MASHED MIDDLE FINGER WITH SCREW DRIVER. 12 INCHES LONG.