Struck by falling object
Employee was placing removable legs on a transfer conveyor. Conveyor was held in place by a loader. Removable leg fell and struck employee in the face, fatally injuring the employee.
43491Metal/Nonmetal
Knife River North Central · Surface
Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Sauk Rapids, Benton County, MN · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2100462
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 2002–2015
- Latest incident
- May 2015
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
6 on file (excluding fatalities above)2015 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in lifting objects
Employee was lifting power cords overhead and felt a ""pop"" in his neck and shoulder. He was taken to our doctor who referred him to a chiropractor. The chiropractor adjusted his neck and shoulder.
2013 · 1 incident
Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
Fell 15 feet to the ground while on the cat walk of jaw crusher directing backhoe operator.
2006 · 1 incident
Flash burns (electric)
EE was cleaning electrical cord end and touched power to ground.
2004 · 1 incident
Struck by flying object
EE was driving a wedge to split the top shell from the bottom shell when the wedge fractured and a piece of the wedge struck him just in front of the rt ear (temple area).
2003 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS REPAIRING CRUSHER USING GRINDER. GOT A PARTICLE IN EYE.
2002 · 1 incident
Struck by falling object
LADDER FROM CRUSHER FELL AGAINST CONVEYOR, THEN CAME BACK AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE.