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Power Operating Company Inc operator

Controlled by Ryan Group Ltd

MSHA operator ID: P08086

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 102
Mines on record: 2
Years on record: 1983–1995

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 15 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 36 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 23 non-fatal
MACHINERY 9 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 8 non-fatal
FIRE 4 non-fatal

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Mines on record

Frenchtown & Beaver PA
Leslie Tipple PA

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

September 19, 1983 PA · Coal welder (shop) Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Power Operating Company Inc · Fall from machine

A WIRE ROPE HOLDING THE COAL CHUTE LOADOUT IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION BECAME DISENGAGED CAUSING HUTE TO FALL INTO A VERTICAL POSITION. WHEN THE CHUTE, WHICH WAS HINGED AT ONE END, FELL TO THIS VERTICAL POSITION THE EMPLOYEE FELL APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AND APPEARED TO HAVE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A RAIL ROAD RAIL.

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