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Deep Mine #13 Coal

Paramont Coal Corp · Underground
Wise, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406112

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1985–1986
Latest incident
Mar 1986

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
February 14, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

FALL OF ROOF AP1ROX 6 IN THICK X 6 FT TAPERING TO 6 INCHES FELL IMMEDIATELY INBY ATRS AND FELL BACK UNDER ATRS PINNING MAN AGAINST DRILL HEAD ON A TWIN HEAD ROOF BOLTING MACHINE

Reportable incidents

18 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1986 · 6 incidents

March 5, 1986 VA · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THIS MAN REPORT9D ON 3-11-86 THAT HIS BACK HAD BEEN HURTING SINCE 3-5-86. HE THOUGHT HE HAD HURT IT LIFTING SOMETHING.

March 3, 1986 VA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE ATTEMPTIN1 TO REMOVE BELT STRUCTURE FROM MINE, MAN ALLEGED THAT HE MASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN BELT ROPE AND STRUCTURE.

February 16, 1986 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Paramont Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

FALL OF ROOF I3 #1 ENTRY APPROX 70' INBY SPAD #11957 SECTION 001. FALL WAS A CONTINENDE OF FALL OF 1-3-86 THE AREA HAD ALREADY BEEN CRIBBED & COLLARED & IT MEASURED 20'X60'X6'-12' HIGH. THI S IS IN THE IN7AKE ENTRY. CALLED TO MSHA 8:05 AM.

February 16, 1986 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

KETTLE BOTTOM F9LL FROM TOP 35"X25"X16".

January 3, 1986 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Paramont Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL #2 HE5DING 150'OUTBY SPAD 12005 20' X 30' X 7' HIGH USING 5' RESIN BOLTS CRIBBED AND DANGERED OFF DOESNT AFFECT VENTILATION OR TRAVEL.

1985 · 12 incidents

December 18, 1985 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Paramont Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL 50' O6TBY SPAD 1123 5 1/2' X 25' HIGH X 3 TO 16' WIDTH USING 5' RISIN BELT.DOES NOT AFFECT VENTILATION OR TRAVEL.

December 16, 1985 VA · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
Paramont Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THIS WAS SAID H9 WAS MOVING ROOF DRILL WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS CAUGHT UNDER TIEE OF MACHINE.

December 6, 1985 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE SAID S2E WAS LOADING BRATTICE BLOCKS WHEN ONE FELL, STRIKING HER RIGHT THUMB.

December 5, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Paramont Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THIS MAN SAID H9 WAS PUCHING A BOLT INTO A BOLT HOLE WHEN IT BENT CATCHINE HIS HAND AGAINST CANOPY

October 29, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING ONTO ROOF DRILL AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.

October 3, 1985 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Paramont Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

MINER ALLEGED SHE FELL WHILE BUILDING WITH CRIB BLOCKS IN THE RETURN AIR SIDE STRIKING ARM ON S C OOP

September 30, 1985 VA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Paramont Coal Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

MINER ALLEDGED SPRAINED ANKLE OCCURRED AS HE WAS WALKING ACROSS SECTION AND TURNED LEFT ANKLE AS HE WALKED ON UNEVEN BOTTOM

September 12, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

THIS MAN WAS BOLTING ROOF WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF COAL FELL FROM TOP AND S TRUCK HIS HEAD

August 16, 1985 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THIS MAN WAS LOADING CRIB BLOCKS WHEN HE EXPEIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK.

July 12, 1985 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Paramont Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL IN #3 HEADING, 2 BREAKS INBY FAN 20\X25\X5\ CRIB OVER FALL - DOES NOT AFFECT VENTILATION.