Mining Incidents

Esserville Tipple Coal

Paramont Coal Corp · Facility
Controlled by Pittston Company
Wise, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404183

MSHA record for Esserville Tipple (mine ID 4404183). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988–1991
Latest incident
Aug 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1991 · 1 incident

August 16, 1991 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Paramont Coal Corp · Fall from ladders

EE WAS CLEANING COAL FROM THE SIDES OF A HOPPER AND PULLED A LADDER OUT OF A FOOT OF COAL AND OUT OF THE HOPPER, WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY INJURED HIS LOWER BACK. EE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK INJURY AND D ID NOT REPORT TO THE DR UNTIL 19TH. EE WORKER ONTHE 17TH.

1988 · 1 incident

June 3, 1988 VA · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Paramont Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMPL WAS DROPPING RAILROAD CARS TO LOAD OUT. HE HAD DOUBLE BRAKES SET, CARS BEGAN SLIDING. HE STEPPED OFF CAR TO SET ANOTHER BRAKE THUS INJURED HIS KNEE. RAINING, TRACKS WET.

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The full compliance file on Esserville Tipple

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.