Mining Incidents

Portable Plant #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Hengel Construction · Surface
Cass County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103066

MSHA record for Portable Plant #2 (mine ID 2103066). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Aug 1993
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

August 24, 1993 MN · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Hengel Construction · Struck by falling object

WHILE WITH THE PLANT OPERATOR AND HIS FATHER THE SIDE OF THE PIT THEY WERE STANDING BY COLLAPSED.THIS BURIED INJURED PERSON UNDER ABOUT 5 FFET OF GRAVEL.HE WAS TAKEN TO NORTH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN THE TWIN CITIES WHERE HE PASSED AWAY ON WEDNES DAY,AUGUST 25,1993 AT 2:00PM.

August 24, 1993 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hengel Construction · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE INSPECTING SOME GRAVEL MATERIAL ON THE PIT WALL,THE SIDE OF THE PIT COLLAPSED AND INJURED WAS KNOCKED DOWN BUT NOT BURIED.THE WALL WAS ABOUT 20 FT TALL AND HAD A NEAR VERTICAL SURFACE.TH E MATERIAL WAS GRAVEL WITH SOME CALY THROUGH OUT.THE WALL OF GRAVEL WAS GOING TO BE PROCESSED.

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The full compliance file on Portable Plant #2

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