EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS DISMOUNTING MACHINE TO QUIT FOR THE DAY. HE STARTED DOWN THE LADDER OF THE MACHINE AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND WENT BETWEEN RUNGS RESULTING IN TWISTING OF HIS RIGHT LE G.
FLAMBEAU MINE: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for FLAMBEAU MINE (mine ID 4702920). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1991–1993
- Latest incident
- May 1993
- Flambeau Mining Company 1991 to present
FLAMBEAU MINE sits in Rusk County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.7% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
5 on file1993 · 2 incidents
CONTRARY TO ACCEPTABLE SAFETY PRACTICE A CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO RAISE A LIGHT PLANT MAST USING A COMEALONG. COMEALONG WAS NOT RIGGED PROPERLY TO RAISE MAST TO A VERTICAL POSITION. CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ON TOP OF LIGHT PLANT & ATTEMPTED TO PUSH THE MAST INTO POSITION. MAST FELL STRIKING INDIVIDUALS RIGHT LEG CAUSING A NONDISPLACED FRACTURE OF RIGHT TIBIA @ ANKLE.
1992 · 2 incidents
CONTRATOR'S EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING A STEEL REINFORCING BAR RELATED TO CONTRACTOR'S INSTALLATION OF A SLURRY DIAPHRAGM WALL. THE EMPLOYEE CUT HIS RIGHT RING FNGER ON THE SHARP END OF THE BAR RE SULTING FROM THE BAR BEIGN CUT OFF TO THE REQUI RED LENGTH.
EE WAS INSTALLING GEOMEMBRANE LINER PANELS A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE PANEL FROM GROUND & IT BLEW INTO EE & KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND SUPERVISOR REPORTED EE REFUSED TREATMENT SAID HE WOULD BE O K EE WAS SCHEDULED TO WORK ON 09-12-92 BUT DID NOT REPORT FOR WORK NOR DID HE CONTACT HIS SUPERVISOR HE LEFT THE JOB SITE APARTMENT & WENT BACK TO MINNESOTA EE DID SEEK MEDICAL SERVICES 09-12
1991 · 1 incident
WHILE CUTTING LIMBS FROM FELLED TREE BRANCH AGAINST THOMPSON CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE,HE STUMBED AND CHAINSAW CUT HIS LEFT LEG BY KNEE.CREW TRANSPORTED HIM BY PICKUP TO RUSK COUNTY MEMO