Mining Incidents

Omega Preparation PlantCoal

Controlled by Paul K Moran
Dixie, Nicholas County, WV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607265
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
Jan 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2002 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHANGING OUT IMPELLER ON HEAVY MEDIA PUMP. TOOK CRIB BLOCK AND HIT IMPELLER TO LOOSEN IT. GOT FINGER BETWEEN CRIB BLOCK AND PUMP, CUTTING FINGER.

2001 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENT OVER PUMP ASSEMBLY AND COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN UP.

Fall from machine

SLIPPED ON LADDER OF GRADER WHILE GETTING OUT AND HIT HIP ON BLADE AND HEAD ON GROUND.

2000 · 4 incidents

Struck by flying object

WAS WELDING AND PIECE OF SLAG GOT IN RIGHT EYE. HE WAS WELDING AND PIECE OF SLAG POPPED OFF THE WELDING AND WENT UNDER HIS WELDING HOOD.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING FRONT DIFFERENTIAL IN A D400-D, INSTALLING J-JOINT IN FRONT DRIVE LINES. WHILE ON BACK REACHING THROUGH SMALL OPENING LINING UP JOINT, HAD PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER AND NUMBNESS IN LEFT ARM AND THUMB.

Fall from machine

CLIMBED DOWN INTO DRYER BASKET, SLIPPED AND SPRAINED LT ANKLE.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMB UP ON GREAS TRUCK TO START AIR COMPRESSOR. FOOT SLIPPED AND HE CAUGHT HIMSELF TO KEEP FROM FALLIN, TWISTING HIS BACK. NOTE: CO. WAS NOT TOLD OF INJURY TILL 6-9-00. EE FINISHED HIS SHIFT 6-8-00 AND WORKED 6-9-00. WENT TO DR. ON 6-12-00.