THIS ALLEGED ACC. HAPPENED ON 12-8-97, WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING ROCK WITH A DRON DOZER, BLADES OF DOZER CLIMBED ROCK, RAISING DOZEER OFF OF GROUND, DOZER CAME DOWN ADN JARRED EMPLLOYEE THUS A LLEGELLY HURTING HIS BACK WHICH CAUSED A HERNIATED DISC, AND JARRED EMPLOYEE THUS ALLEGELLY HURTING HIS BACK WHICH CAUSED A HERNIATED DISC, NUMBNESS IN RIGHT LEG AND RIGHT FOOT. THIS ALLEGED
Silver Fox Surface Mine Coal
Paramont Coal Corp
· Surface
Controlled by
Pittston Company
Dante,
Dickenson County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406870
MSHA record for Silver Fox Surface Mine (mine ID 4406870). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1997
- Latest incident
- Dec 1997
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1997 · 2 incidents
December 8, 1997
VA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object
June 24, 1997
VA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Paramont Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RAISE CRUSHER LID WITH A DIRT SHOVEL SHOVEL SLIPPED AND MASHED AUGER BETWEEN HANDRAIL AND SHOVEL HANDLE.
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