Mining Incidents

Roaring Fork #44: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Paramont Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Pittston Company
Norton, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406783

MSHA record for Roaring Fork #44 (mine ID 4406783). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
Mar 1995
Ownership history
  1. Paramont Coal Corp 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Roaring Fork #44 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.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
March 28, 1995 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE NOT RESPECTING HIGHWALL RESULTING IN HIS DEATH.