Mining Incidents

Canepatch #41 Coal

Paramont Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Pittston Company
Appalachia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406739

MSHA record for Canepatch #41 (mine ID 4406739). 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
Oct 1993
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1993 · 1 incident

October 15, 1993 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BOLTS ON CATWALK TO REMOVE CATWALK FROM DRILL. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF CATWALK AND LEANING OVER TO SEE THE LAST BOLT HE WAS CUTTING. AFTER CUTTING LAST BOLT, PLA TFORM FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN HEAD, CAUSING LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

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The full compliance file on Canepatch #41

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.