SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
KNUEPPEL HENRY W

(Last) (First) (Middle)
P.O. BOX 8888

(Street)
CAMP HILL PA 17001-8888

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/01/2008
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HARSCO CORP [ HSC ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
No securities are beneficially owned.
By: Mark E. Kimmel For: Henry W. Knueppel 09/10/2008
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY


	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a director and
(or) officer of Harsco Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company")
 does hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Mark E. Kimmel,
Salvatore D. Fazzolari, and Debra L. Steele, or any one of them, his or
her true and lawful attorneys and agents to do any and all acts and things
 and execute and file any and all instruments which said attorneys and
 agents, or either of them, may deem necessary or advisable to enable the
 undersigned (in his or her individual capacity or in a fiduciary or
 any other capacity) to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Act"), and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the preparation,
execution and filing of any report or statement of beneficial ownership
or changes in beneficial ownership of securities of the Company that the
 undersigned (in his or her individual capacity or in a fiduciary or any
 other capacity) may be required to file pursuant to Section 16(a) of the
 Act, including specifically, but without limitation, full power and
authority to sign the undersigned's name, in his or her individual capacity
 or in a fiduciary or any other capacity, to any report or statement on
Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 or to any amendment thereto, or any form or forms
 adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission in lieu thereof or in
 addition thereto, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys
 and agents, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

	This authorization shall supersede all prior authorizations to act for the
undersigned with respect to securities of the Company in these matters,
and shall survive the termination of the undersigned's status as a
director and (or) officer of the Company and remain in effect thereafter
for so long as the undersigned (in his or her individual capacity or in a
fiduciary or any other capacity) has any obligation under Section 16 of the
Act with respect to securities of the Company.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 2nd day of
September, 2008.



		Signature

		Henry W. Knueppel
		Print Name



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