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Wild-Cat Hollow #37: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Paramont Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Pittston Company
Clintwood, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406698

Wild-Cat Hollow #37 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1993.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Apr 1993
Ownership history
  1. Paramont Coal Corp 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1993 21 137,906
1992 45 100,646
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Wild-Cat Hollow #37 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

2 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

April 19, 1993 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO ENTER HAULER WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

January 4, 1993 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A STABILIZER PIN BAR WHEN A PIECE OF METAL ALLEGEDLY BROKE STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN LEFT LEG. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO DOCTOR AND GIVEN AN ANTIBIOTIC AND RELEASED FOR WORK.