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Bean Gap North #20: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Paramont Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Pittston Company
Pound, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406379

MSHA record for Bean Gap North #20 (mine ID 4406379). 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
1987–1988
Latest incident
May 1988
Ownership history
  1. Paramont Coal Corp 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bean Gap North #20 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

1988 · 1 incident

May 19, 1988 VA · Coal outside foreman, leadman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO LOCATE A BURSTED HYD. HOSE. THE HOSE, WHILE UNDER PRESSURE, SHOT OIL ON HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER THUS PUNCTURING A SMALL HOLE ALLOWING OIL TO ENTER FINGER.

1987 · 1 incident

December 17, 1987 VA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

THE ALLEGED SAI8 HE WAS COMING DOWN LADDER OFF HAULER. HE STEPPED ONTO THE GROUND AND PLACED HIS RIGHT FOOT ON A ROCK THUS TWISTING HIS ANKLE.