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Cabin Ridge Surface Mine Coal

Paramont Contura, LLC · Surface

Controlled by Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc

Dante, Dickenson County, VA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4407322

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 12
Years on record: 2015–2018
Latest incident: May 2018

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2015

citations

significant & substantial

$11,507

proposed penalties

$11,202

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
2018 Q4	4,986	0	0	0.0
2017 Q4	27,870	4	0	143.5
2017 Q2	31,166	1	0	32.1
2017 Q1	38,851	2	0	51.5
2016 Q4	31,889	2	1	62.7
2016 Q3	38,475	6	0	155.9
2015 Q2	29,641	2	0	67.5
2015 Q1	16,436	6	4	365.1

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2018 · 3 incidents

May 21, 2018 VA · Coal drill operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS

Paramont Contura, LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Received a CWP diagnosis on 5/21/2018 for EE. EE last worked on 2/21/2017.

March 9, 2018 VA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Paramont Contura, LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee was assisting in maintenance when EE was struck by a small piece of metal that was cast from a hammer strike by another employee. Employee was approx. 20' away from where the other employee was using the hammer. The small piece of metal was removed and the employee received two stitches.

February 23, 2018 VA · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Paramont Contura, LLC · Fall from machine

EE was coming down in bucket to get equipment, leveling cable broke and bucket went forward and dumped EE out. EE has 4 broken ribs, broke collarbone, broke EE's glasses and laceration near right eye.

2016 · 4 incidents

September 1, 2016 VA · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Paramont Contura, LLC · Struck by flying object

An employee was striking a chisel with a 3 pound hammer to spread top of roller stand open after taking bolts out. Injured was standing about 10' away from stand when a piece broke off the stand hitting injured on left arm resulting in a puncture hole in arm requiring stitches. Injured was supervising the work being done.

May 19, 2016 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 for employee.

March 2, 2016 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a 1" air impact wrench to remove bolts from a cutting edge lip protector on a 993K CAT loader. EE was removing a bolt and it began to rotate. EE pushed up on the bolt and bumped the rotation of the air impact hoping the bolt would lock back into position but instead the bolt spun causing a laceration to EE's left index finger. This resulted in 17 stitches.

February 10, 2016 VA · Coal car trimmer, car loader, bin puller, truck loader DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS

Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Received a CWP claim for employee.

2015 · 5 incidents

December 3, 2015 VA · Coal drill operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS

Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Received a CWP diagnosis for employee from Worker's Comp. He was termed on 9/25/2015.

November 23, 2015 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

Employee was operating CAT 785C when he went through a swag in the haul road causing his body to move side to side resulting in pain in his lower back.

October 8, 2015 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS

Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Received a CWP diagnosis for employee. No % disability at this time.

August 13, 2015 VA · Coal outside foreman, leadman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)

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

Received a hearing loss diagnosis for employee. He last worked on 6/25/15. No % disability at this time.

June 24, 2015 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS

Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Received a CWP claim for EE. No % disability at this time.