O C Coal Mine · Accident type, without injuries
(ROOF FALL)
O C Coal Mine: 18 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for O C Coal Mine (mine ID 0500259). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 18
- Years on record
- 1983–1991
- Latest incident
- Dec 1991
Ownership history
- O C Mining Company 1950 to 1979
- Macar Mining Corp 1979 to 1981
- O C Coal Company 1981 to 1982
- O C Coal Company 1982 to 1983
- H L Weaver 1983 to 1989
- O C Coal Mine 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
O C Coal Mine sits in Gunnison County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Gunnison County, Colorado · Population 17,158
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$77,358
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
18 on file1991 · 4 incidents
O C Coal Mine · Accident type, without injuries
NO NARRITIVE.
O C Coal Mine · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL.
August 12, 1991
CO · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
O C Coal Mine · Struck by falling object
WHILE SCALING ROCK FROM THE FACE, SOME ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS/MINE MATS AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD.
1990 · 1 incident
April 19, 1990
CO · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
O C Coal Mine · Struck by falling object
EMPL APPARENTLY WAS FROM 1' TO 2' BEYOND LAST ROW OF BOLTS & WAS HIT BY ROCK. ROCK WAS APPROX 54"X56"X8" THICK.
1989 · 3 incidents
November 29, 1989
CO · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
O C Coal Mine · Fall to the walkway or working surface
WHILE WALKING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER HE FELL DOWN AND HURT HIS SHOULDER.
O C Coal Mine · Accident type, without injuries
THE INTERSECTION WAS BOLTED WITH 4' RESIN BOLTS AT THE TIME OF THE CAVE. THERE IS NO DAMAGE DONE TO ANYTHING THAT CAN HE SEEN AT THIS TIME.
June 12, 1989
CO · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
POWERED HAULAGE
O C Coal Mine · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP A LUMP OF COAL FROM ALONG SIDE THE TRACK THE MOTER HIT THE LUMP AND FINGER.
1988 · 2 incidents
H L Weaver · Accident type, without injuries
(ROOF FALL)
August 2, 1988
CO · Coal
tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H L Weaver · Fall to the walkway or working surface
PUTTING UP STEEL CROSS BAR AND SLIPPED AND FELL.
1987 · 2 incidents
November 9, 1987
CO · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H L Weaver · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HIT HIMSELF IN 5NEE WITH HAMMER
H L Weaver · Accident type, without injuries
TIPPLE WAS ON F3RE WHEN WE ARRIVED AT APPROX 6:15 AM FIRE WAS CONTAINED MOSTLY TO WOODEN PART OF TIPPLE PRODUCTION STOPPED INTIL TIPPLE IS REBI*@*@%* REBUILT.
1986 · 2 incidents
H L Weaver · Accident type, without injuries
THE INTERSECTIO3 WAS BOLTED WITH 4 FEET RESIN BOLTS. THE SLIP WAS APPROX. 4 FEET HIGH, 8 FEET WIDE, AND 20 FEET LONG.
H L Weaver · Accident type, without injuries
THIS INERSECTIO3 WAS BOLTED WITH 4 FT RESIN BOLTS AT THE TIME OF CAVE IT CAVED ON TO CHECK FOR DAMAGE AND THE CUTTER HAS KNOWN DAMAGE TO THE CANOPY LIGHT SLEFT FEACHER AND LEFT SIDE.
1984 · 3 incidents
H L Weaver · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL
H L Weaver · Accident type, without injuries
INTERSECTION INBY LOADER HEAD WAS BOLTED AT TIME OF ROOF FALL INTERSECTION FELL IN ABOVE 10TO12FT HIGH & 20FT BY 20FT NO ONE WAAS INJURY BOLTER WAS COVER UP FROM THE CAB TO THE REEL AND LOADER WAS COVER UP ON TAIL SECTION
February 8, 1984
CO · Coal
gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H L Weaver · Fall to the walkway or working surface
WHILE SCATTERING ROCK DUST BY HAND AND WALKING BACKWARD HE FELL AND HURT HIS KNEE
1983 · 1 incident
O C Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE LIFTING A RESISTOR PANEL FROM THE SHUTTLE CAR AND WAS LOWERING THE PANEL TO THE GROUND HIS BACK GAVE OUT AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND