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Baker Hollow #23: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Paramont Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Pittston Company
Pound, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406554

MSHA record for Baker Hollow #23 (mine ID 4406554). 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
1990–1991
Latest incident
Jan 1991
Ownership history
  1. Paramont Coal Corp 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Baker Hollow #23 sits in Wise County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.9% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Wise County, Virginia · Population 35,727
5.9%
Mining share of county employment
$50,740
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1991 · 1 incident

January 3, 1991 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CORNER BIT OF DOZER BLADE, ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER HE EXPERIENCED BACK DISCOMFORT. FIVE HOURS AFTER THE ALLEGED INCIDENT, HE REQUESTED TRANSPORT TO THE HOSPITAL. MUSCLE SPA SM IN LOWER BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

October 22, 1990 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CONDITIONS NOT RELATED. LIFTED A 5 GAL. BUCKET OF OIL AND STRAINED BACK.