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Helen Mining Company: 1 recorded fatality operator

Controlled by NACCO Industries Inc

MSHA operator ID: P01805

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 162
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 1983–1984

Top causes

IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST 1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 49 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 29 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 21 non-fatal
MACHINERY 20 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 19 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1984

1983

85 (1f)

Mines on record

Homer City Mine PA

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

July 3, 1983 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Helen Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

A 38 YEAR OLD BELT EXAMINER WITH 12 YEARS 11 MONTHS MINNG EXPERIENCE WAS KILLED AS A RESULT OF A METHANE GAS EXPLOSION. THE VICTIM WAS CONDUCTING AN EXAMINATION OF THE WORKING SECTION WHEN THE METHANE WHICH HAD ACCUMULATED BECAUSE OF AN INTERRUPTION IN THE VENTILATION, WAS IGNITED B Y A CAUSE YET TO BE DETERMINED.

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Where Helen Mining Company stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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