Mining Incidents

Elklick Chilton Coal

Greenbrier Minerals, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Coronado Coal LLC
Man, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609390

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Aug 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
20
citations
6
significant & substantial
$3,284
proposed penalties
$3,284
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
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 9,457 5 1 528.7
2019 Q2 29,386 6 5 204.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2019 · 5 incidents

August 14, 2019 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator ELECTRICAL
Selah Corporation · Contact with electrical current

Employee operating shuttle car attempted to get off of shuttle car and was shocked.

June 27, 2019 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Selah Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking the #5 Escapeway entry @ Bk. #14 on Elk Lick Mains when employee twisted left knee. The employee could not bear weight on left knee.

April 26, 2019 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Selah Corporation · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON THE OFF-SIDE OF THE BELT ENTRY AND FELL HURTING THEIR RIGHT KNEE.

April 9, 2019 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Selah Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While changing the cutter drums on a continuous mining machine, the employee got hand caught between the impact gun and a crib block bruising the left index finger.

April 4, 2019 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Selah Corporation · Struck against a moving object

Employee complained that EE was feeling stiff and having lower back pain. Employee said EE was unsure what happened exactly that caused the Pain.