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Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp operator

Controlled by Rio Tinto Group

MSHA operator ID: L00437

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 143
Mines on record: 9
Years on record: 1983–1986

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 12 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 50 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 36 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 23 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 9 non-fatal
OTHER 4 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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1983

47 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

January 28, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · MACHINERY

Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp · Struck by falling object

WHILE FLOYD USOFF WAS CUTTING FIREWOOD FROM SLASH TIMBER LYING ON THE GROUND, A LIMB FELL, STRIKING AND KILLING MR. USOFF. THE LIMB WAS 16\ LONG AND 8" IN DIAMETER. MR. USOFF WAS USING HIS OWN CHAIN SAW AND CUTTING THE WOOD FORHIS PERSONASL USE DURING WORKING HOURS, IN VIOLATION OF COMPANY POLICY.

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