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Esserville Tipple: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Paramont Coal Corp · Facility
Controlled by Pittston Company
Wise, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404183

Esserville Tipple has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988–1991
Latest incident
Aug 1991
Ownership history
  1. Cumberland Collieries Inc 1975 to 1976
  2. Paramont Mining Corp 1976 to 1981
  3. Paramont Coal Corp 1981 to 1984
  4. Greater Wise Inc 1984 to 1985
  5. H & G Enterprises Inc 1985 to 1987
  6. Paramont Coal Corp 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1993 4
1992 7
1991 13
1990 14
1989 16
1988 16
1987 19
1985 0
1984 4
1983 38
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Esserville Tipple 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

August 16, 1991 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Paramont Coal Corp · Fall from ladders

EE WAS CLEANING COAL FROM THE SIDES OF A HOPPER AND PULLED A LADDER OUT OF A FOOT OF COAL AND OUT OF THE HOPPER, WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY INJURED HIS LOWER BACK. EE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK INJURY AND D ID NOT REPORT TO THE DR UNTIL 19TH. EE WORKER ONTHE 17TH.

1988 · 1 incident

June 3, 1988 VA · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Paramont Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMPL WAS DROPPING RAILROAD CARS TO LOAD OUT. HE HAD DOUBLE BRAKES SET, CARS BEGAN SLIDING. HE STEPPED OFF CAR TO SET ANOTHER BRAKE THUS INJURED HIS KNEE. RAINING, TRACKS WET.