Mining Incidents

Deep Mine #29 Coal

Paramont Coal Corporation · Underground
Controlled by Pittston Company
Coeburn Va, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406959

Deep Mine #29 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Nov 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
28
citations
11
significant & substantial
$1,947
proposed penalties
$1,947
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
579
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 579 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Deep Mine #29 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-06-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Deep Mine #29 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.53 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 91 samples.

Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
0.53
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.58
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
91
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-06-19.
Silica (quartz)
6.6
silica avg (%)
7.3
silica max (%)
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-05-10.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q3 108 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 12,046 3 0 249.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q3 350 9 3 25714.3
2001 Q2 24,209 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 42,032 4 0 95.2
2000 Q4 30,708 6 3 195.4
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3 450 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2000 · 1 incident

November 4, 2000 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING RIGHT SIDE OF DRILL. AFTER MAKING VISUAL AND SOUND TEST, OPERATOR MOVED DRILL HEAD OUT TO INSTALL RIB BOLT, WHEN AN UNDETECTED ROCK STRUCK EE ON HEAD AND SHOULDER. A FTER ER VISIT, HE RETURNED TO WORK WITH NO RESTRICTIONS. WORKED UNTIL 4/12/01, WHEN THE MEDICAL SPECIALIST PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

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The full compliance file on Deep Mine #29

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.