Mining Incidents

Prep Plant #2 Coal

A&G Coal Corporation · Facility
Controlled by James C Justice III
Norton, Wise County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4404534

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2001–2013
Latest incident
Oct 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
319
citations
197
significant & substantial
$417,067
proposed penalties
$133,552
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
2025 Q4 1,500 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,680 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 1,224 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q3 2,016 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 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

11 on file

2013 · 2 incidents

October 15, 2013 VA · Coal FIRE
A&G Coal Corporation · Accident type, without injuries

Heat from a defective take-up roller bearing is believed to have caught the belt on fire causing approximately 2000 ft of belt structure and the #3 head house to be damaged beyond repair.

February 22, 2013 VA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
A&G Coal Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee stated that he was removing a breaker box cover and he had his knife in his right hand and it was open, the cover started to slip so he let go of the knife and it fell striking him in the left thumb cutting the bottom side of his thumb.

2012 · 1 incident

October 8, 2012 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
A&G Coal Corporation · Struck by powered moving object

EE was attempting to unlatch his tailgate when the tailgate released and the truck moved backing onto the EE's foot, causing injury to his right foot.

2011 · 1 incident

April 1, 2011 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A&G Coal Corporation · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was carrying an acetylene bottle and had a sharp pain in his lower back that caused him to drop to his knees.

2010 · 2 incidents

October 20, 2010 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A&G Coal Corporation · Struck by falling object

Removing a 6 inch pipe when the exsisting hanger failed to hold the weight of the old pipe and fell landing on right leg.

September 8, 2010 VA · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A&G Coal Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was removing a 3" pipe. Pipe was hung up and when the employee broke it loose his left hand was pinched between pipe and column. Cut left finger requiring stitches.

2003 · 1 incident

August 7, 2003 VA · Coal NO VALUE FOUND

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNCLOG A COAL CHUTE WITH A SHOVEL WHEN A PIECE OF COAL BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS RIGHT KNEE CAUSING A FRACTURE.

2002 · 3 incidents

September 5, 2002 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EE WAS REMOVING A TRANSMISSION PUMP ON A 773B HAULER IN A SLIGHTLY ENCLOSED AREA. THE PUMP UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE FREE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT THIGH. INITIALLY HE REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT BUT THREE WEEKS LATER HIS LEG WAS SORE AND HE REQUESTED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. DR RELEASED HIM TO REGULAR DUTY BUT PUT HIM ON LIGHT DUTY AFTER SECOND FOLLOW UP.

August 20, 2002 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE INJURY OCCURRED WHEN THE EE WAS PLACING THE BOOM BRACKET STAND BACK INTO ITS ORIGINAL SLOT. WHEN THE BRACKET SLIPPED INTO PLACE HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BRACKET & THE BED OF THE TRU CK CAUSING THE LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT HAND REQUIRING THE STITCHES.

June 14, 2002 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Paramont Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE HAD AN INCIDENT REPORTED AS A FIRST-AID CASE ON 06-14-02 WHEN HE REPORTED TO HAVE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. EE STATED THAT HE CONTINUED TO HAVE INTERMITTENT RIGHT KNEE PAIN. HE WAS SENT T O SEE AN ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST WHICH SCHEDULED HIM FOR SURGERY ON 11-01-02. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED AND EE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 11-01-02.

2001 · 1 incident

October 19, 2001 VA · Coal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD LOADED A COAL SAMPLE INTO PICKUP TRK BED.WHILE SHUTTING THE TAILGATE HIS INDEX FINGER ON RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TRUCK BED AND TAILGATE CAUSING A LACERATION TO TIP OF FINGER.