Mining Incidents

Cheat River Limestone Company Metal/Non-Metal

Greer Industries Inc · Underground
Rowlesburg, Preston County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4601563

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2000–2016
Latest incident
Jan 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
247
citations
69
significant & substantial
$71,164
proposed penalties
$68,471
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
2022 Q3 6,935 7 4 1009.4
2022 Q2 6,928 2 0 288.7
2022 Q1 8,443 6 0 710.6
2021 Q3 9,518 1 0 105.1
2021 Q2 3,850 4 0 1039.0
2021 Q1 1,440 1 0 694.4
2020 Q4 9,269 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,253 1 0 121.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2016 · 1 incident

January 28, 2016 WV · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Greer Industries Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

The employee was cleaning the windshield on #1088 Gradall. Employee lost balance, broke through the safety chain on the catwalk and fell 5 feet to the ground. The result of the fall was a lumbar contusion and a cut to employee's right hand.

2015 · 3 incidents

July 3, 2015 WV · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Greer Industries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Drilling holes in ceiling by hand causing injury to right arm and shoulder.

April 14, 2015 WV · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Greer Industries Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was moving a 55 gal drum of oil in the shop. Employee slipped on a 5-gal bucket lid. Employee fell backward onto floor. Drum fell beside his leg. Causing bruising on leg and back strain.

February 18, 2015 WV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Greer Industries Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

After climbing off of the front end loader to move some vehicles the employee slipped on ice and fell to the ground.

2011 · 1 incident

June 21, 2011 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Greer Industries Inc · Fall from machine

Truck #2 while backing up to the dump area, the trucks braking systems failed and the truck began rolling foward. The truck traveled down the road approx. 50 yard and the driver jumped out, the truck cont. down the road about 40 yard hit the berm and then turned onto its right side.

2009 · 2 incidents

December 7, 2009 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Greer Industries Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

While exiting the office building the employee slipped on some ice at the bottom of the stairs off the concrete pad.

October 21, 2009 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Greer Industries Inc · Struck against stationary object

While walking around the hi-lift, the employee stepped on a rock and twisted his ankle.

2005 · 1 incident

April 9, 2005 WV · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was guiding cylinder into place with a come along in 773B Cat truck. While jacking into place, cable around cylinder slipped & caught fingers between cable & ride cylinder. Cable had total weight of cylinder. Avulsion of 2nd finger on right hand to first knuckle & fracture of 3rd finger.

2001 · 1 incident

September 5, 2001 WV · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall from machine

SLIPPED ON STEP OF GRADEALL SCALER WHEN GETTING OFF BOTTOM STEP BRUISED RIBS ON LEFT SIDE.

2000 · 1 incident

February 1, 2000 WV · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EE STATES THAT HE WAS WALKING TO THE MAINT. SHOP WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON THE ICE. AS HE FELL HE STATES THAT HIS LEFT KNEE FOLDED UNDER HIS BODY.