Mining Incidents

Green Ridge #1 Mine Coal

Controlled by ERP Compliant Fuels, LLC
Pineville, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4609030

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
25
Years on record
2004–2009
Latest incident
Dec 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
559
citations
175
significant & substantial
$791,386
proposed penalties
$526,259
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
2010 Q1 16,498 9 2 545.5
2009 Q4 540 10 0 18518.5
2009 Q3 27,526 2 0 72.7
2009 Q2 5,614 2 0 356.3
2009 Q1 2,160 40 4 18518.5
2008 Q4 720 28 5 38888.9
2008 Q3 41,321 27 0 653.4
2008 Q2 44,971 39 8 867.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

25 on file

2009 · 4 incidents

December 2, 2009 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee had his hand resting on the back of the scoop blade when the operator of the scoop inadvertently pulled in the ram and mashed the employees right hand causing a fracture to the right ring finger.

October 5, 2009 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Weekly examiner found a roof fall at #31 crosscut in the #2 entry of the 3 Mains section. The fall measured approximately 8'L x 12'W x 12" thick and did not fall above the anchorage.

September 16, 2009 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

An Unintentional roof occurred on the (004 MMU) 4 Mains section in the 110 pillar block #5 entry inby spad #952 in the #3 lift, resulting in the Company #17 remote control continuous mining machine being caught by mine roof.

January 27, 2009 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

injured dislodged a rock from the tailgate of a coal truck when it shut injure left ring finger got caught between the tailgate and the bed of the coal truck. He was transported to the hospital where he was diagnosed with a fractured and lacerated left ring finger.

2008 · 9 incidents

October 18, 2008 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

Injured was tramming shuttle car to the face when he hit a hole in the roadway causing his head to strike the canopy injuring his neck.

October 17, 2008 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall was discovered at Break #45 #1 entry adjacent to #3 belt line. No one was injured, trapped, no excapeway was blocked or airway affectted. Area has been breakered off.

September 30, 2008 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

Injured was tramming shuttle car to the miner, when he hit a hole in the roadway, causing his head to come in contact with the canopy and injurying his neck.

July 26, 2008 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

At 6:32AM, the fireboss walking the bleeders reported a fall at #33 break. 20'Wx100'Lx5'T. area is 8990' from the active face. Travel way nor ventilation was not affected.

July 9, 2008 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured was repairing a belt splice at #5 belthead. He was using come alongs to pull the belt. The clamp came loose striking him in the mouth. He went to Welch emg. He hand a broken tooth.

June 18, 2008 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured was using a utility knife to trim the plastic from a knee pad that was irritating his knee. The knife slipped, lacerating the anterior side of the right palm. He was transported to a medical facility where the wound took 16 stictches to close the wound. Employees have been contacted to always cut away from the body.

March 28, 2008 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Struck against stationary object

Injured was crossing the #6 tailpiece when his foot got tangled up on a turn buckle anchoring the tailpiece. This twisted his left ankle. Causing a sprain to the left ankle.

March 11, 2008 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Struck against stationary object

Injured had layed down a piece of drill steel on the power center. There was a burr on the piece of steel that lacerated his left hand little finger. Drill steel was taken out of service. (Injured was taken to the hospital where they put 3 stitches in it to close the wound. by 220080840022)

January 28, 2008 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator ELECTRICAL
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Contact with electrical current

Injured had his hand touching a shuttle car and received a electrical shock which knocked him to the ground.

2007 · 2 incidents

October 22, 2007 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Injured was hanging a piece of miner cable when he felt something in his back pull. He did not miss any work as a result of this accident until 11/06/07.

April 17, 2007 WV · Coal INUNDATION
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

An accumulation of water in the #2 entry at varying locations from #5 break inby to #40 break prohibited the use of normal mine tranportation in this area. A new pump discharge line was installed.

2006 · 5 incidents

December 28, 2006 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Injured was scooping in the #2 entry, rt. rib. The scoop blade was back under the curtain on the rt. side of the scoop. When he backed up, the curtain hooked on the scoop, he was attempting to free the curtain while backing out and caught his hand between the scoop and the rib.

October 12, 2006 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured was struck in the head by a clevis pin which broke while trying to extract a continuous miner from a pillar fall. Injured was unconscious for about 30 seconds.

April 14, 2006 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured was cutting a piece of belt with a utility knife. The kniffe passed through the belt faster than what he anticipated and entered his right leg just above the knee. Eight stitches were required.

February 17, 2006 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured was tramming a scoop up to pick up some rock dust. When he went around a corner of a block he put his left hand outside of the scoop and in between the hinge point of the scoop just outside the operators deck. As he turned the two halves of the scoop came together catching his finger.

2005 · 1 incident

November 8, 2005 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured was sitting on the edge of a supply car and the tire rolled up on his left leg resulting in a fracture.

2004 · 4 incidents

October 2, 2004 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Injured was traveling from #3 entry at the dump point to the power center. His left foot slipped out from under him causing him to fall and striking his knee against the mine floor.

September 15, 2004 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A FALL OCCURRED IN THE #4 HEADING ON THE OUTBY EDGE OF THE INTERSECTION IN THE #8 CROSSCUT. FALL IS 4 1/2 TO 5 FT IN THICKNESS AND MEASURES 20 FT LONG AT ITS WIDEST POINT AND TAPERS DOWN TO 17 FT WIDE.

August 12, 2004 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS STANDING ON A RAM CAR TO HANG A PIECE OF CABLE. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.