TWO STAIR TREADS HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM A STAIRWAY TO ALLOW MATERIAL TO BE HOISTED FROM A LOWER FLOOR. THE TOP OF THE STAIRWAY WAS ROPED OFF AND TWO YELLOW WARNING RIBBONS WERE TIED BETWEEN THE HANDRAILS, ONE AT THE TOP OF THE HANDRAIL AND ONEAT THE INTERMEDIATE RAIL LEVEL. AN ADDITIONAL WARNING RIBBON WAS INSTALLED ACROSS THE HANDRAILS HALFWAY BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE STAIRWAY AND TH
Erie Mining Company operator
Controlled by
Bethlehem Steel Corp-Et Al
MSHA operator ID: L00287
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 19 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 33 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 19 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 9 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 3 non-fatal
- STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1987
12
1986
16
1985
26
1984
26
1983
14 (1f)
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
1 recorded
Erie Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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