Contact with hot objects or substances
Employee was welding an object over head. Hot slag from welder dropped in right ear.
Louis Lowe Surface MineCoal
Omega Surface Mining, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Omega Holdings LLC
Honaker, Va, Russell County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407326
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 2015–2018
- Latest incident
- Mar 2018
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file2018 · 3 incidents
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.
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
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
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.
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
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