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Black Bear #3 Coal

Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Surface

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.

Dante, Russell County, VA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4407009

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2000–2001
Latest incident: Apr 2001

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$1,504

proposed penalties

$1,449

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
2002 Q4	21,275	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	27,740	5	3	180.2
2002 Q2	26,737	0	0	0.0
2002 Q1	35,534	2	0	56.3
2001 Q4	31,975	1	0	31.3
2001 Q3	34,029	0	0	0.0
2001 Q2	34,582	6	4	173.5
2001 Q1	20,325	1	1	49.2

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

2001 · 1 incident

April 12, 2001 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Motivation Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING A BOTTOMROLLER ON A 475 KOMATSU DOZER. WHILE USING A CHAIN AND HYDRAULIC BOOM INJURED STATED THAT THE ROLLER BECAME LODGED WITHIN A FEW INCHES OF THE FRAME. AS HE DISLODGE T HE ROLLER, THE ROLLER CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND THE FRAME.

2000 · 1 incident

November 28, 2000 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY

Motivation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING CHAIN SAW, CUT A LIMB THAT WAS IN A BIND. LIMB STRUCK HIM IN THE FOREHEAD AND WHEN HE FELL THE SAW CUT IS LEFT FOOT.