Mining Incidents

Greenbrier Dock Coal

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
June 2, 2000 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Motivation Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

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.

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2006 · 1 incident

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.