Mining Incidents

Jammer Lake Pit - VirginiaMetal/Nonmetal

Virginia, St Louis County, MN · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2100880
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000–2006
Latest incident
Nov 2006

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
Struck by falling object

Employee was in the process of moving a stacking conveyor, hooking chains to the axle frame to be connected to a loader. Conveyor buckled in half landing on him in his attempt to run from the falling conveyor.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2000 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

REPLACING BOLT/NUT ON CONVEYOR DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. RATCHET SLIPPED. LITTLE FINGER HIT CONVEYOR LATTICE INJURING FINGER.