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Lovers Gap #2 Coal

Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Surface

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.

Leemaster, Buchanan County, VA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4406813

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2006
Latest incident: Dec 2006

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2006

citations

significant & substantial

$8,325

proposed penalties

$6,514

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
2008 Q1	0	0	0
2007 Q4	0	0	0
2007 Q3	0	0	0
2007 Q2	0	17	5
2007 Q1	33,031	2	0	60.5
2006 Q4	1,080	5	1	4629.6
2006 Q3	7,419	5	2	673.9
2006 Q2	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

2 on file

2006 · 2 incidents

December 5, 2006 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was in the process of performing service on a Caterpillar 992G loader. He was walking around the side of the machine when he stepped on a small pile of dirt. The dirt shifted causing him to slip and loose his footing. In the process, he twisted his right knee.

November 14, 2006 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was picking up tools off of the fender of a D11 dozer when he slipped and fell hitting his head on the step next to the front of the dozer causing a laceration to the left eyebrow which required stitches.