Mining Incidents

Greenbrier Dock Coal

Prater, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4403328

Greenbrier Dock has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $175 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1989–2006
Latest incident
Jan 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
79
citations
28
significant & substantial
$5,380
proposed penalties
$5,205
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $175 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
42
inspections on record
854
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 854 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Greenbrier Dock has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $175 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$175
outstanding
74 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-10-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Greenbrier Dock shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.16 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 41 samples.

Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
0.16
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.67
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
41
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-10-10.
Noise
0%
over PEL
31
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-10-10.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 3,424 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,406 7 5 2055.2
Show 27 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q3 3,409 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,554 11 4 4307.0
2006 Q1 3,366 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,533 15 2 4245.7
2005 Q3 3,669 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,651 8 3 2191.2
2005 Q1 3,724 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,543 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,486 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,125 24 10 7680.0
2004 Q1 3,872 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,741 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,136 2 0 483.6
2003 Q2 5,004 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,213 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 530 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 581 1 1 1721.2
2002 Q2 890 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,125 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,336 4 0 1199.0
2001 Q3 3,452 2 2 579.4
2001 Q2 3,419 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,312 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,725 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,354 1 1 424.8
2000 Q2 1,610 3 0 1863.4
2000 Q1 2,224 1 0 449.6

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 2, 2000 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Motivation Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

FOREMAN WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE WAS CRUSHED WITH THE REAR WHEELS OF A LOADED FORD 9000 COAL TRUCK. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE VICTIM BENT OVER TO MOVE A WATER HOSE AND WAS CRUSHED BY T HE REAR WHEELS OF THE COAL TRUCK MOVING IN REVERSE TOWARD THE RAW COAL BINS.

Reportable incidents

5 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2006 · 1 incident

2000 · 1 incident

April 18, 2000 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Motivation Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE 30 RAILROAD CARS (LOADED) WITH A LOCOMOTIVE, WHEN HAND BRAKE WAS LOOSED THE CARS STARTED TO MOVE. INJURED GOT ON CAR AND FELL IN FRONT OF WHEEL RESULTING IN INJURY TO HIS LOWER LEFT FOOT AND LEG. LOWER LEG WAS AMPUTATED 4/21/00.

1995 · 1 incident

March 9, 1995 VA · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Motivation Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WORKING OUTSIDE IN COLD WEATHER, CAME INSIDE TO WARM AND BLACKED OUT. AS HE FELL HE APPARENTL STRUCK HEAD CREATING CUT ABOVE LEFT EYE.

1993 · 1 incident

August 18, 1993 VA · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Motivation Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DISLODGING LARGE LUMPS OF COAL FROM THE #2 COAL CHUTE USING A 6 FOOT SLATE BAR. THE COAL BROKE LOOSE CATCHING THE SLATE BAR AND FORCING IT INTO THE CHUTE. EMPLOYEE'S FINGER WAS CA UGHT BETWEEN THE SLATE BAR AND THE EDGE OF CHUTE

1989 · 1 incident

October 31, 1989 VA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Cecil Construction Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTMPT TO LET BRAKE OFF R R CAR FELT PAIN IN ABDOMEN NO TIME LOST FIRST DAY OF LOST TIME WAS 1108089

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The full compliance file on Greenbrier Dock

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.