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Case study · MSHA Record #219830380197
Welder (Shop) fatality
February 2, 1983 at 8:20 AM
Cliffs Erie, LLC.
· Erie Mining Company
· St Louis County, MN
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
- Classification
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- Accident type
- Fall to lower level, NEC
- Activity at time
- Crawling, Kneeling
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- 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
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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