Mining Incidents

Georges Fork Surface Mine Coal

Paramont Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Pittston Company
Clintwood, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406893

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
May 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1
citations
1
significant & substantial
$173
proposed penalties
$173
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
2000 Q4 791 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,458 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 19,940 1 1 50.2
2000 Q1 30,575 0 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

3 on file

2000 · 3 incidents

May 14, 2000 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DOZER OPERATOR WAS CARRING MATERIAL TO COVER SLOPE, DOZER SLID OFF FLAT ROCK CAUSING DOZER TO GO SIDE WAYS ON STEEP SLOPE. AFTER DOZER BECAME IN OPERATIVE OPEATION EXITED CAB AND SLIPPED ON LO OSE MATERIAL CAUSING LACERATION TO HEAD.

March 21, 2000 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPAIRING TRACK ON D-11 DOZER. WHILE PULLING TOGETHER THE CHAIN SLIPPED HITTING HIM IN THE MOUTH AND CHIPPED 2 TEETH.