Mining Incidents

Refuse Area No. 1 Coal

01Granttown, Marion County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608950

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2003–2017
Latest incident
Jan 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
15
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,258
proposed penalties
$1,258
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
2011 Q2 6,272 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 7,988 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,270 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 10,637 2 2 188.0
2010 Q2 10,508 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 9,790 1 1 102.1
2009 Q4 9,585 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 11,661 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2017 · 1 incident

January 19, 2017 WV · Coal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quality Reclamation Services, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was helping mechanics. Employee was puling a floor jack out from under a truck when employee stepped on a pipe used as a cheater pipe. Pipe rolled and employee lost balance, fell, hitting shoulder on cement floor.

2008 · 1 incident

September 24, 2008 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Quality Reclamation Services, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee and co-worker were grinding rust off Cat 963 track loader side frame when grinder hit a bolt and kicked back causing rotating wheel to cut left index finger. Employee required 3 stitches in left index finger.

2003 · 1 incident

February 14, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
M. W. Platt, Inc. · Struck by flying object

EE OPENED OVER HEAD DOOR AND WIND BLEW DIRT UP UNDER SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS RT. EYE.