Mining Incidents

Clearco Preparation Plant: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Greenbrier Coal Company · Facility
Controlled by El Paso Energy Corp
Quinwood, Greenbrier County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608303

MSHA record for Clearco Preparation Plant (mine ID 4608303). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Mar 1994
Ownership history
  1. Greenbrier Coal Company 1993 to present
  2. Beitzel Corp 1993 to 1994
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Clearco Preparation Plant sits in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.7% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Greenbrier County, West Virginia · Population 32,688
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$48,662
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1994 · 2 incidents

March 23, 1994 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Beitzel Corp · Struck against stationary object

INJURED TRIPPED ON SCAFFORD BOARD AND HIT HEAD ON STIFF BACK BOARD CAUSING LACERATION TO FOREHEAD.

March 21, 1994 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beitzel Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE EE WAS PULLING WIRE FROM POLE TO POLE. INURED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER FROM PULLING.