Mining Incidents

Omega 5: 1 reportable incident Coal

Talkington Mining Corp · Underground
Controlled by Talkington Harry W Sr
Spring City, Rhea County, TN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4002975

MSHA record for Omega 5 (mine ID 4002975). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Feb 1989
Ownership history
  1. Talkington Mining Corp 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Omega 5 sits in Rhea County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Rhea County, Tennessee · Population 33,299
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,133
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

February 24, 1989 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Talkington Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

BOLTER WAS SCALING ROOF, ROCK BROKE BACK CATCHING FOOT AGAINST FRAME OF ROOF BOLTER.