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Bestone Corp No 1 Plant: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Bestone Corp · Facility
Controlled by Frederick L Barton
York County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607823

Bestone Corp No 1 Plant has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Mar 1987
Ownership history
  1. Bestone Corp 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1988 30
1987 16
1986 16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Bestone Corp No 1 Plant sits in York County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
York County, Pennsylvania · Population 459,312
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$82,238
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

1987 · 1 incident

March 25, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Bestone Corp · Struck against stationary object

WHILE WORKING O3 NO 2 SCREEN REPARING A HOLE, EMP TURNED AROUND TO MOVE FURTHER ALONG THE SCREEN AND WALKED INTO AN ANGLE IRON THAT WAS USED FOR BACING NOT REALIZING THAT HE WAS THAT CLOSE TO THE ANGLE IRON 6RACE