Fatality · MSHA Record #219890390001

Bulldozer Operator fatality at Hibbing Taconite Company, MN, January 26, 1989

at 9:45 AM

On January 26, 1989, a bulldozer operator was fatally injured in a falling/sliding/rolling materials accident at Hibbing Taconite Company, MN.

Hibbing Taconite Company · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Hibbing Taconite Company (Mittal-US Steel Canada-Cliffs Natural Resources)

St Louis County, MN

Classification FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Type Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

Investigator narrative

EMP HAD BEEN WORKING ON STOCK PILE WITH CRAWLER TRACTOR. WHEN SIGNALED TO C OME DOWN BY SUPERVISOR, HE ACKNOWLEDGED, AND JPROCEEDED TO BACK UP ALONG A ROAD ON THE SOUTH SIDE CLOSE TO THE TOP, AS HE APPROACHED THE CONE(VOID) OF #9 MILL FEEDER WATCHING THE OUTSIDE TRACK, HE BACKED INTO THE CONE. THE TRACTOR SLID TO THE BOTTOM AND WAS ENGULFED IN COARSE ROCK.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Bulldozer
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Source of injury: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 3 years
Experience at this mine: 3 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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