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Butler Taconite Mine: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

M A Hanna Company · Surface
Controlled by Hanna M A Company
Itasca County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2100807

Butler Taconite Mine has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Apr 1985
Ownership history
  1. M A Hanna Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1985 176
1984 171
1983 153
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Butler Taconite Mine sits in Itasca County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 1.5% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Itasca County, Minnesota · Population 45,141
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$66,380
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1985 · 2 incidents

April 27, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M A Hanna Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB ABOARD SHOVEL AT BEGINING OF SHIFT. INJURED PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

March 4, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M A Hanna Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJ STORING PIPE IN RACK.CAME IN FROM OUTDOORS WITH A PIECE OF PIPE IN HIS ARMS.HIS SAFETY GLASSES FOGGED UP SO HE LOOKED OVER TOP OF THEM TO LOCATE POSITIONS OF 3 BRACKETS PIPE WAS TO REST ON HE MISJUDGED LOCATION OF CENTER BRACKET.FINGER TIP WAS BETWEEN PIPE AND BRACKET.

1983 · 1 incident

April 25, 1983 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M A Hanna Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING PALLETS OF ELECTRICAL MOTORS ONE BECAME STUCK ON FORKLIFT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE INJURED GOT FOOT PINCHED BETWEEN 2 PALLETS.