Mining Incidents

Ocean Siding Delta #3 Coal

Delta Coal Sales Inc · Facility
Controlled by Delta Industries Inc
Grantsville, Allegany County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800635

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1988
Latest incident
Apr 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1988 · 3 incidents

April 23, 1988 MD · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delta Coal Sales Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO START HIGHLIFT AND RAISED HOOD TO ENGINE COMPARTMENT IN ORDER TO S TART ENGINE WIND CAUGHT HOOD AND TWISTED EMPLOYEE'S SHOULDER

February 22, 1988 MD · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Coal Sales Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE HAD DISMOUNTED TRUCK AND WAS ENTERING SCALEHOUSE BY WAY OF CATWALK. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE-COVERED SCALES AND FELL ON CATWALK (GRATING) AND INJURED KNEE; HOWEVER THE INJURY DID NOT BOTHER HIM TO THE POINT WHERE HE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL FLUID BUILT UP ON 3/4/88.

January 16, 1988 MD · Coal weighman, scale person STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Delta Coal Sales Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO LOAD CAOL ONTO RAIL CARS. AS HE DISMOUNTED RAIL CAR, HE STEPPED ON A ROCK WHEN HE REACHED THE GROUND LVEL THEREBY TWISTING AND BRUISING LEFT ANKLE.

1984 · 1 incident

January 12, 1984 MD · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Coal Sales Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A G RADE ON A POND DISCHARGE PIPE, HE SLIPPED ON THE ICY POND BANK SLIDING APPROX 4\ ONTO THE FROZEN POND SURFACE