Mining Incidents

GP 500 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James L Holmgren
Duluth, St Louis County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2102999

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2016–2018
Latest incident
Jun 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
60
citations
19
significant & substantial
$15,851
proposed penalties
$15,851
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2018 · 2 incidents

June 27, 2018 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Northland Constructors · Rubbed or abraded

The injured employee was tightening bolts on cutting edges (segments) of a FEL. Employee secured the bottom of the bolt with their hand. When the nut was driven with an impact gun, the bolt spun and cut the hand. The laceration required medical treatment; 3 sutures.

June 18, 2018 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Northland Constructors · Rubbed or abraded

The injured employee was removing a cutting edge from a FEL; this involved using an impact gun to remove bolt / nuts which secure the edge to the bucket. The employee did not adequately secure the bolt and their hand was lacerated when the bolt head spun with the nut.

2016 · 2 incidents

September 7, 2016 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Northland Constructors · Struck by flying object

A miner was freeing a stuck chain from the segments of a cutting edge using a steel hammer. The hammer inadvertently struck the cutting edge and a piece of shrapnel was ejected and lodged in the miner's upper thigh. The object was removed at the local health care provider; cleaned and sutured a small laceration.

March 11, 2016 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northland Constructors · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

An employee was injured when removing a pin which secured a steel plate. The steel plate rotated when a second pin was removed. When the plate rotated, it struck and pinched the employees arm / elbow between the steel plate and the frame of a jaw crusher. Conditions which contributed to the event include a weld failure, rigging misalignment and poor body positioning.