Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220010920007

Mine Manager, Mine Foreman, Mine Owner

March 20, 2001 at 4:20 PM
PLANT #4 · Surface · Metal/Nonmetal
Dodge County, WI
ClassificationIGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
TypeStruck by flying object
Investigator narrative
GAS BUILDUP IN SCALE PIT- EXPLOSION- THAWING OUT SCALE.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Welding Or Cutting
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type
Struck by flying object
Source of injury
METAL,(Not Elsewhere Classified)(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Total mining experience
8 years
Experience at this mine
8 years
Experience in this job
4 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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