Mining Incidents

Ocean Siding Delta #3: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Delta Coal Sales Inc · Facility
Controlled by Delta Industries Inc
Grantsville, Allegany County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800635

MSHA record for Ocean Siding Delta #3 (mine ID 1800635). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1988
Latest incident
Apr 1988
Ownership history
  1. Delta Coal Sales Inc 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ocean Siding Delta #3 sits in Allegany County, Maryland, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Allegany County, Maryland · Population 67,762
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$57,393
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1988 · 3 incidents

April 23, 1988 MD · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delta Coal Sales Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO START HIGHLIFT AND RAISED HOOD TO ENGINE COMPARTMENT IN ORDER TO S TART ENGINE WIND CAUGHT HOOD AND TWISTED EMPLOYEE'S SHOULDER

February 22, 1988 MD · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Coal Sales Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE HAD DISMOUNTED TRUCK AND WAS ENTERING SCALEHOUSE BY WAY OF CATWALK. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE-COVERED SCALES AND FELL ON CATWALK (GRATING) AND INJURED KNEE; HOWEVER THE INJURY DID NOT BOTHER HIM TO THE POINT WHERE HE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL FLUID BUILT UP ON 3/4/88.

January 16, 1988 MD · Coal weighman, scale person STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Delta Coal Sales Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO LOAD CAOL ONTO RAIL CARS. AS HE DISMOUNTED RAIL CAR, HE STEPPED ON A ROCK WHEN HE REACHED THE GROUND LVEL THEREBY TWISTING AND BRUISING LEFT ANKLE.

1984 · 1 incident

January 12, 1984 MD · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Coal Sales Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A G RADE ON A POND DISCHARGE PIPE, HE SLIPPED ON THE ICY POND BANK SLIDING APPROX 4\ ONTO THE FROZEN POND SURFACE