Mining Incidents

Octad Research Facility: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Icf International Inc
Mconnelsville, Morgan County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304276

MSHA record for Octad Research Facility (mine ID 3304276). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1992–1994
Latest incident
May 1994
Ownership history
  1. Icf Kaiser Engineers Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Octad Research Facility sits in Morgan County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Morgan County, Ohio · Population 13,758
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$55,971
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1994 · 2 incidents

May 3, 1994 OH · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Icf Kaiser Engineers Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF 2 INCH STEEL VERTICAL PIPE BY HIMSELF. THE PIPE WAS PLUGGED WITH MUD, THE PIPE SUDDENLY DROPPED CAUSING EE TO REACT WITH A JERKING MOTION TO KEEP THE PIPE FROM FALLI NG OR HITTING HIM. THIS CAUSING BACK INJURY.

January 10, 1994 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Icf Kaiser Engineers Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING A RAW COAL CRUSHER, WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED & CAUGHT HIM ON THE LOWER BORTION OF HIS CHIN, CAUSING A LACERATION. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE DOCTOR & GIVEN 4 STITCHES.

1993 · 1 incident

May 3, 1993 OH · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Icf Kaiser Engineers Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING DENSITY GAUGE SOURCES ON THE OCDO SIDE OF THE FACUILITY.

1992 · 2 incidents

July 29, 1992 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Icf Kaiser Engineers Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

55061S CHIPPING WELDING SLAG FROM A PIPE WELD HE HUST COMPLETED. A PIECE OF SLAG ENTERED UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES CATCHING IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

June 18, 1992 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Icf Kaiser Engineers Inc · Fall from machine

95465ING SM PUMP HE SLIPPED AND FELL IN SUMP TORN LIGAMENT BELOW KNEE