Mining Incidents

Greenbrier Strip Coal

Controlled by Williams Ireland
Cornstalk, Greenbrier County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603892

MSHA record for Greenbrier Strip (mine ID 4603892). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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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

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