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Greenbrier Strip Coal

Rocky Branch Coal Inc · Surface

Controlled by Williams Ireland

Cornstalk, Greenbrier County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4603892

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 1991
Latest incident: Oct 1991

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

October 24, 1991 WV · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Iroquois Coal Corp · Fall from machine

TRUCK DRIVER WAS DESCENDING A GRADE OF ABOUT 7% ON THE COAL HAULAGE ROAD WHEN THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND PASSENGER JUMPED FROM THE OUT OF CONTROL TRUCK WHICH RESULTED IN A FATAL.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1991 · 1 incident

October 17, 1991 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Iroquois Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LUBEMANM WENT TO PARTS TRAILER FOR HOSE WHEN HE PULLED HIS HAND BACK HE CAUGHT IT ON A PIECE OF METALL & CUT HIS HAND