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Greenbriar Creek Surface Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Pittston Company
Prater, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406432

Greenbriar Creek Surface Mine has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1990–1991
Latest incident
Feb 1991
Ownership history
  1. Interstate Carbon Corp 1987 to 1992
  2. Motivation Coal Company 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1994 1
1993 2
1991 13 12,722
1990 19 27,376
1989 5 10,354
1988 16 64,802
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Greenbriar Creek Surface Mine sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
Buchanan County, Virginia · Population 19,857
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,216
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1991 · 1 incident

February 22, 1991 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Interstate Carbon Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CLEARING AND CUTTING TREES ON WORK AREA WHEN A DEAD LIMB FELL OUT OF TREE STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER BRUISING HIS SHOULDER.

1990 · 2 incidents

July 16, 1990 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Interstate Carbon Corp · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS PICKING UP BROKEN GLASS FROM HEADLIGHT.

July 9, 1990 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Interstate Carbon Corp · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CLIMBING OFF LOADER, WHEN HE STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW ON RAILING.