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Lycoming Silica Sand Company operator

Controlled by Koppers Company Inc

MSHA operator ID: L00178

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 33
Mines on record: 9
Years on record: 1983–1988

Top causes

ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 10 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 9 non-fatal
MACHINERY 6 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 5 non-fatal
HOISTING 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1988

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1986

1985

1984

5 (1f)

1983

Mines on record

Salona Plant PA
Milton Plant PA
Lime Bluff Quarry PA
Montoursville Sand & Gravel PA
Mausdale Quarry PA
Coopers Plains Pit NY
Horseheads Plant NY
Blossburg Plant PA
Pine Creek Quarry PA

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

August 2, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · ELECTRICAL

Lycoming Silica Sand Company · Contact with electrical current

EMPL REACHING FOR LIGHT BULB STORED IN ELECTRIC BOX IN CONTROL BLDG.WHILE WITHDRAWING HIS HAND,CAME IN CONTACT WITH 440-480 VOLTS WHICH CAUSED HIS ELECTROCUTION.

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