Hamlin Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMP WAS POILING TRAVEL CHAIN WHILE MOVING DRAGLINE WHEN CHAIN BROKE STRIKING EMP ON LEFT CHEEDK
Beccaria #1: 2 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Beccaria #1 (mine ID 3603260). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1985
- Latest incident
- Jul 1985
Ownership history
- Hamlin Coal Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Beccaria #1 sits in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Clearfield County, Pennsylvania · Population 78,902
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$60,181
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1985 · 2 incidents
July 16, 1985
PA · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hamlin Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMP HAD STEPPED FROM LOADER TO TALK TO HIS FOREMAN AND AS EMP WAS RETURNING TO LOADER HE TWISTED HIS LEG