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Smith Gap Surface Mine Coal

Trammel, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407272

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2011–2013
Latest incident
Jun 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
50
citations
14
significant & substantial
$36,098
proposed penalties
$28,972
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
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q4 4,182 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,317 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 10,359 6 0 579.2
2013 Q3 22,632 9 2 397.7
2013 Q2 27,788 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 31,861 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

5 on file

2013 · 2 incidents

June 19, 2013 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC. · Struck against a moving object

993 loader was in the process of loading the 785 hauler when he approached the hauler with a bucket of material. His right side tire fell in deep mine break causing the bucket to hit the bed of the hauler the employee was in. This resulted in the hauler employee straining his neck/upper body. Was taken off work by doctor on 6/27/13.

April 9, 2013 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC. · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Received a CWP diagnosis on 5/13/2014. Employee was termed on 4/9/2013 and is no longer employed with the company. Accident date of 4/9/2013 is to accommodate online reporting per MSHA (Denver) instructions.

2012 · 1 incident

January 5, 2012 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee got out of loader to check trans oil and stated when he got back in the cab and reached out to pull the door shut, he pulled his back.

2011 · 2 incidents

December 15, 2011 VA · Coal rotary bucket excavator operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC. · Fall from machine

Employee was in the process of taking off hydraulic cap on excavator when he lost his balance. He fell off of the track of the excavator. The excavator track is 42" from the ground. When he fell he landed on his left arm resulting in a fracture.

July 28, 2011 VA · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Maxxim Rebuild employee was kneeling on ground and turned his body to pick up chock blocks and felt his leg snap and fell to ground. Fracture was on the left leg above his ankle.