Mining Incidents

Oceana Plant and Loadout Coal

Oceana, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4605893

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2000–2017
Latest incident
Apr 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
66
citations
11
significant & substantial
$7,000
proposed penalties
$6,743
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
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 2,016 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,892 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,257 2 0 886.1
2010 Q3 1,737 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,205 1 0 453.5
2010 Q1 2,258 2 0 885.7
2009 Q4 2,081 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2017 · 1 incident

2010 · 1 incident

July 28, 2010 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Tmr Loading & Processing Corp · Struck against a moving object

While dumping a load of coal, the truck was leaning too much to the passenger side resulting in both truck & trailer to overturn onto the passenger side.

2008 · 2 incidents

September 22, 2008 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Tmr Loading & Processing Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Machine operator was adjusting seat and lowered seat catching fingertip in seat housing resulting in laceration of finger and breaking of metacarpal of finger.

May 15, 2008 WV · Coal pumper POWERED HAULAGE
Tmr Loading & Processing Corp · Struck by powered moving object

Employee attempted to drop out 29 empty rail cars from empty track to 40. He could not control cars - went by 40 and through crossing into load track, thus colliding with 28 loaded cars. 1) weather wet & rainy. 2) Employee did not follow policy in that he brought 29 empty cars when policy calls for a maximum of 12 cars per 1 dropper.

2005 · 2 incidents

April 14, 2005 WV · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tmr Loading & Processing Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING 40-LB. SAMPLE BAGS IN BACK OF COMPANY TRUCK. AFTER LIFTING SEVERAL SAMPLES, EE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK.

2002 · 1 incident

April 29, 2002 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Tmr Loading & Processing Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS AWARDED 5% PPD BENEFITS FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

2001 · 1 incident

September 19, 2001 WV · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Tmr Loading & Processing Corp · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK CROSSING RR TRACKS AND WAS HIT BY TRAIN ENGINE. DRIVER WAS THROWN AROUND IN THE CAB CAUSING INJURY TO LOWER BACK, A BROKE TOE & LACERATIONS TO FOREHEADF. DRIVERSAID HE COULDN'T SEE ENGIN E UNTIL HE WAS ON THE TRACK. WHEN HE SAW THE TRAIN HE STOPPED & TRIED TO BACK UP. AN UNCOUPLED TRAIN ON THE OTHER TRACK WAS BLOCKING HIS VIEW.

2000 · 1 incident

March 21, 2000 WV · Coal security guard, watchman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tmr Loading & Processing Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE WALKING FROM SECURITY BLDG TO GATE EE LOST HIS FOOTING ON WET GROUND, FALLING AND HITTING ON HIS LOWER BACK. HE STATED HE WAS OK, FINISHED HIS SHIFT WORKED THE NEXT DAY. UPON HIS NEXT SC HEDULED SHIFT ON 3/26/00, HE ADVISE HIS DR PUT HIM OUT OF WORK FOR TWO WEEKS.