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No 1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Omega Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Davis James-James Mc Vey
Swords Creek, Russell County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405935

No 1 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jun 1983
Ownership history
  1. Four D Coal Company Inc 1982 to 1983
  2. Omega Coal Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1983 22
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 1 sits in Russell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.5% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Russell County, Virginia · Population 25,635
4.5%
Mining share of county employment
$49,020
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1983 · 2 incidents

June 7, 1983 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Omega Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MR. VANDYKE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP. WHEN PASSING UNDER A FLY BOARD HE APPARENTLY HAD HIS KNEE TOO HIGH & IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCOOP & THE FLY BOARD.

May 30, 1983 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Omega Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING ON WATER LINE POSSIBLY IN IMPROPER POSITION TO DO PULLING CORRECTLY