Mining Incidents

Helen Mining Company operator

Controlled by Quaker State Corp
MSHA operator ID: P16405
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
773
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1985–1993

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Incident timeline

1993
20
1992
67
1991
98
1990
116
1989
112 (1f)
1988
108
1987
112 (1f)
1986
66
1985
74

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
November 4, 1989 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE MAN WAS OPERATING A 15 TON GOODMAN MOTOR, WHEN HE WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE MOTOR HE WAS OPERATING AND STEEL ARCH BEAMS.

October 25, 1987 PA · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Helen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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

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