I had the same error. Line 57 of data-updates.lua is trying to set the icon.
rec.icon=data.raw.item[plate].icon
I changed data.raw.item[plate].icon to "omnimatter_crystal/graphics/icons/omnide-salt.png" and the next error I received was this:
Failed to load mods: Error in assignID, item with name 'y--plate' does not exist.
Source: y-res1-omnitraction(recipe).
Mods to be disabled:
omnimatter_crystal