Fatality · MSHA Record #219873130002

Stopping Builder fatality at Homer City Mine (Helen Mining Company), PA, October 25, 1987

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On October 25, 1987, a stopping builder was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Homer City Mine (Helen Mining Company), PA.

Homer City Mine · Underground · Coal

Operator: Helen Mining Company (Quaker State Corp)

Indiana County, PA

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

THE MAN WAS INS7ALLING FISH PLATES ALONG THE 2 WEST TRACK WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A GALIS TRACK JEEP THAT WAS PROPELLED INTO HIM BY A RUNAWAY MOTOR TRIP (5 LOADED CARS AND 1 15 TON MOTOR THE GA LIS JEEP STRUCK3THE MAN AND CARRIED HIM APPROX 27 FT PINNING HIM AGAINST AN OVERCAST

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Lay Or Repair Railroad Track
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
Mining method: Continuous Mining
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Total mining experience: 16 years
Experience at this mine: 12 years
Experience in this job: 10 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219873130002 · Mine ID 3600926 Trainer view →