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Cantrell Hollow #30: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Paramont Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Pittston Company
Pound, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406560

MSHA record for Cantrell Hollow #30 (mine ID 4406560). 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
Jul 1991
Ownership history
  1. Paramont Coal Corp 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Cantrell Hollow #30 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

July 20, 1991 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EXITED THE CAB DRILL TO PUT THREAD GREASE ON STEEL WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN DOOR CAB WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE DOOR

1990 · 1 incident

May 24, 1990 VA · Coal MACHINERY
Paramont Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

550 KAYTO EXCAVATOR WAS WORKING ON SLOPE. TRACK ON LEFT SIDE CAME OFF AND OPERATOR WAS BACKING OUT OF WORK AREA AND BACKED INTO A TREE. EXCAVATOR BEGAN TO SLIDE OFF OF TREE TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE.