Mining Incidents

Rock Branch North #39 Coal

Paramont Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Pittston Company
Clintwood, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406695

MSHA record for Rock Branch North #39 (mine ID 4406695). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Jun 1993
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1993 · 1 incident

June 2, 1993 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING TRUCK BED WHEN HE REMOVED HIS WELDING HOOD AND SAFETY GLASSES TO CLEAN GLASSES THAT HAD BECOME FOGGED UP. THE METAL HE WAS WELDING STARTED TO COOL CAUSING THE SLAG COVERIN G THE WELD TO POP LOOSE, STRIKING EMPLOYE IN THE RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO DOCTOR AND GIVEN DROPS FOR EYE AND RELEASED FOR WORK.

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The full compliance file on Rock Branch North #39

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.