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Case study · MSHA Record #219940530001

Belt Foreman fatality

February 10, 1994 at 11:32 AM
EVTAC PLANT · Oglebay Norton Taconite Company · St Louis County, MN
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEES WERE ATTEMPTING TO FREE BUILT UP SLAG AND DEBRIS FROM WEST WALL OF #2 GRATE PREHEAT AREA. EMPLOYEE INVOLVED WAS ON BACK END OF JACKHAMMER AND BEFORE STARTING, MATERIAL FELL FROM ABOV E, CAUSING ABOVE STATED FATALITY.
Record details
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Activity at time
Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
KILN PROD,INC BLDUP,REMOV
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
29 years
Experience at this mine
29 years
Experience in this job
11 years
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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