Mining Incidents

Louis Lowe Surface Mine Coal

Controlled by Omega Holdings LLC
Honaker, Va, Russell County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407326

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2015–2018
Latest incident
Mar 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
52
citations
17
significant & substantial
$6,823
proposed penalties
$6,823
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 8,383 4 2 477.2
2018 Q3 15,885 3 1 188.9
2018 Q2 14,356 1 0 69.7
2018 Q1 19,628 1 0 50.9
2017 Q4 14,528 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 14,571 8 2 549.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2018 · 3 incidents

March 8, 2018 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Omega Surface Mining, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was welding an object over head. Hot slag from welder dropped in right ear.

January 30, 2018 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Omega Surface Mining, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Injured person is not a direct employee of Omega Surface Mining, LLC. EE is a truck driver employed by a contractor to haul coal from Omega's jobsite. EE came to the jobsite and got out of EE's truck to see if EE's truck bed was clear; EE slipped and fell on ice injuring EE's left hip.

January 29, 2018 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Omega Surface Mining, LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee was removing the hydraulic tank from a 992K Front End Loader; the pressure in the tank caused the lid to shoot upwards striking the employee in the forehead.

2017 · 1 incident

November 17, 2017 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Omega Surface Mining, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Right index finger was smashed while placing the dozer cutting edge on the tracks.

2016 · 2 incidents

September 20, 2016 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Omega Surface Mining, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Stepping off left side of rock drill and when employee twisted body ee felt a pop/tear in right hip.

February 26, 2016 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Omega Surface Mining, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was attempting to pressure test an after-cooler with 30 psi. The test instrument slipped out of the in-take of the after-cooler. Employee then instinctively attempted to grab the testing apparatus causing a cut to EE's left thumb which required 5 sutures to repair.

2015 · 1 incident

June 9, 2015 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Omega Surface Mining, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Ascending ladder with a 5 gallon bucket of oil and momentarily lost footing causing a strain when he regained his footing