# Omega Preparation Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4607265
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Nicholas, WV
- **Operator:** Chicopee Coal Company Inc
- **Controller:** Paul K  Moran
- **Public source rows linked:** 954
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Paul K  Moran (C11722) → Chicopee Coal Company Inc (P23977) → Omega Preparation Plant (4607265)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Bright William T → Bright Coal Corp:** 1987-03-01 through 1989-12-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607265; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company → Vandalia Mining Corp:** 1989-12-19 through 1993-02-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607265; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CLI International Enterprises Corp → Clay County Coal Processing Corp:** 1993-02-08 through 1994-01-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607265; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pittston Company → Vandalia Resources Inc:** 1994-01-14 through 1998-04-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607265; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Paul K  Moran → Chicopee Coal Company Inc:** 1998-04-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607265; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 15
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 7 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 70 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 75 violation rows across the full record; 41 carry an S&S flag and $6,306 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 43 samples:** Occupational health samples 29 coal dust; 14 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 9 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 27 inspection events and 556 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.215 — Refuse piles; construction requirements.** (6 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.215
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 7 rows; 2000-06-08 through 2002-01-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-02-23 through 2004-02-23; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 71 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2006-04-03; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2007-03-07 through 2007-03-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 29 rows; 2000-02-24 through 2001-11-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2006-04-03 through 2006-04-03; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 570 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 135 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1987-03-01 through 1998-04-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 27 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2007-02-13; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 14 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2001-12-03; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 75 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2006-05-01; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/omega-preparation-plant-4607265`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/omega-preparation-plant-4607265`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4607265/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4607265/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4607265/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`