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Killen Hollow #19: 1 reportable incident Coal

Paramont Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Pittston Company
Pound, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406451

MSHA record for Killen Hollow #19 (mine ID 4406451). 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
1988
Latest incident
Oct 1988
Ownership history
  1. Paramont Coal Corp 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Killen Hollow #19 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

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

October 12, 1988 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE ALLEGED STATED THAT SMALL ROCK CAME FROM SHOT WALL AND HIT ON BUCKET OF LOADER, GLANCED OFF HITTING SIDE GLASS CAUSING GLASS FRAGMENTS TO STRIKE HIM IN THE EYE.