FOREMAN WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE WAS CRUSHED WITH THE REAR WHEELS OF A LOADED FORD 9000 COAL TRUCK. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE VICTIM BENT OVER TO MOVE A WATER HOSE AND WAS CRUSHED BY T HE REAR WHEELS OF THE COAL TRUCK MOVING IN REVERSE TOWARD THE RAW COAL BINS.
Greenbrier Dock Coal
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC
· Facility
Controlled by
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Prater,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4403328
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2000–2006
- Latest incident
- Jan 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
79
citations
28
significant & substantial
$5,380
proposed penalties
$5,205
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q1 | 3,424 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 3,406 | 7 | 5 | 2055.2 |
| 2006 Q3 | 3,409 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 2,554 | 11 | 4 | 4307.0 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
Motivation Coal Company
· Struck by powered moving object
Reportable incidents
2 on file (excluding fatalities above)2006 · 1 incident
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE suffered a laceration to a finger on his left hand while assisting with unloading conveyor idlers.
2000 · 1 incident
April 18, 2000
VA · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Motivation Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE 30 RAILROAD CARS (LOADED) WITH A LOCOMOTIVE, WHEN HAND BRAKE WAS LOOSED THE CARS STARTED TO MOVE. INJURED GOT ON CAR AND FELL IN FRONT OF WHEEL RESULTING IN INJURY TO HIS LOWER LEFT FOOT AND LEG. LOWER LEG WAS AMPUTATED 4/21/00.