Fatality · MSHA Record #219830380197
Welder (Shop)
February 2, 1983
at 8:20 AM
Operator:
Erie Mining Company
(Bethlehem Steel Corp-Et Al)
St Louis County, MN
Classification
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Type
Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Investigator narrative
TWO STAIR TREADS HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM A STAIRWAY TO ALLOW MATERIAL TO BE HOISTED FROM A LOWER FLOOR. THE TOP OF THE STAIRWAY WAS ROPED OFF AND TWO YELLOW WARNING RIBBONS WERE TIED BETWEEN THE HANDRAILS, ONE AT THE TOP OF THE HANDRAIL AND ONEAT THE INTERMEDIATE RAIL LEVEL. AN ADDITIONAL WARNING RIBBON WAS INSTALLED ACROSS THE HANDRAILS HALFWAY BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE STAIRWAY AND TH
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Crawling, Kneeling
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Accident type
- Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
- Source of injury
- FLOOR,WALKING SURF-NOT UG
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 30 years
- Experience at this mine
- 30 years
- Experience in this job
- 30 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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