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Lawson Hollow Surface Mine Coal

Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Surface

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.

Coeburn, Wise County, VA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4407076

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2004
Latest incident: May 2004

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2003

citations

significant & substantial

$2,983

proposed penalties

$2,983

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
2004 Q4	1,425	0	0	0.0
2004 Q2	2,560	0	0	0.0
2004 Q1	25,783	11	9	426.6

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2004 · 1 incident

May 10, 2004 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

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

EE STATED THAT HE WAS UNLOADING A 7 7/8 DRILL BIT FROM HIS 1992 FORD F350 FLATBED. HE SAID THAT HE LIFTED THE DRILL BIT, APPROXIMATELY 80 LBS AND TURNED TO SET IT DOWN AND FELT A STRAIN IN HIS BACK.