Mining Incidents

Freeling #38: 1 reportable incident Coal

Paramont Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Pittston Company
Clintwood, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406711

MSHA record for Freeling #38 (mine ID 4406711). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
May 1993
Ownership history
  1. Paramont Coal Corp 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Freeling #38 sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% 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.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1993 · 1 incident

May 20, 1993 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING DIAGONAL BRACE ON DOZER, REACHED FOR TILT HOSE OVER THAT WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 20 POUNDS AND ALLEGEDLY FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.