Mining Incidents

Graywolfe No. 2 Coal

Controlled by James River Coal Company
Man, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608219

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2004–2006
Latest incident
May 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
173
citations
88
significant & substantial
$45,843
proposed penalties
$35,812
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
2006 Q2 25,965 35 21 1348.0
2006 Q1 2,037 16 5 7854.7
2005 Q3 19,198 40 19 2083.6
2005 Q2 20,229 17 5 840.4
2005 Q1 21,743 8 5 367.9
2004 Q4 18,545 12 6 647.1
2004 Q3 17,012 12 6 705.4
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2006 · 2 incidents

January 27, 2006 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Rockhouse Creek Development Corp. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Straightening bolt and slipped forward pulling lower back.

2005 · 2 incidents

September 7, 2005 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Rockhouse Creek Development Corp. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Loading pin plates, pin plates fell on right ring finger, broke finger cut it open.

2004 · 2 incidents

August 18, 2004 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Rockhouse Creek Development Corp. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAITING FOR PINNER TO MOVE UP TO NEXT ROW, HE HAD LEFT FOOT LAID OUT BEHIND HIM WHEN PINNER PULLED UP AND RAN OVER FOOT.

August 10, 2004 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rockhouse Creek Development Corp. · Struck against stationary object

S/c was leaving miner and cut corner too close and got against rib.