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Omega Preparation Plant Coal

Chicopee Coal Company Inc · Facility

Controlled by Paul K Moran

Dixie, Nicholas County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4607265

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 7
Years on record: 2000–2002
Latest incident: Jan 2002

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$6,473

proposed penalties

$4,763

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
2004 Q2	0	0	0
2002 Q1	6,871	0	0	0.0
2001 Q4	12,169	23	12	1890.0
2001 Q3	3,705	0	0	0.0
2001 Q2	8,912	13	6	1458.7
2001 Q1	8,754	14	10	1599.3
2000 Q4	7,549	0	0	0.0
2000 Q3	8,557	13	9	1519.2

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

2002 · 1 incident

January 28, 2002 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Chicopee Coal Company Inc · 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

September 26, 2001 WV · Coal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Chicopee Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENT OVER PUMP ASSEMBLY AND COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN UP.

January 31, 2001 WV · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Chicopee Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

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

2000 · 4 incidents

November 8, 2000 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY

Chicopee Coal Company Inc · 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.

September 20, 2000 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Chicopee Coal Company Inc · 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.

June 26, 2000 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Chicopee Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

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

June 8, 2000 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Chicopee Coal Company Inc · 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.