Electrician fatality at WHITE PINE MINE (Copper Range Company), MI, February 6, 1987

FOREMAN DISCOVE9ED A BELT LINE NOT RUNNING, AFTER CHECKING CALLED THE ELECTRICIANS BELIEVING THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. HE THEN DISCOVERED A ROCK JAMMED ON THE RETURN BELT AND TAIL PULLE L. HE TRIED PRY3NG THE ROCK OUT WITH A PRY BAR WITH NO SUCCESS AND CALLED FOR ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT. THE POWER WAS TURNED OFF. HE LAID ON THE BELT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND B EGAN HITTING THE R

Activity at time of incident

Hand Tools (Not Powered)

Subunit / location

UNDERGROUND

Underground location

SLOPE/INCLINED SHAFT

Mining method

Conventional Stoping

Accident type

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Source of injury

BELT CONVEYORS

Nature of injury

CRUSHING

Body part affected

MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)

Total mining experience

23 years

Experience at this mine

23 years

Experience in this job

10 years

Degree of injury

FATALITY

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