Mining Incidents

Staff Departments: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

St Louis County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2100798

MSHA record for Staff Departments (mine ID 2100798). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Aug 1983
Ownership history
  1. United States Steel Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Staff Departments sits in St. Louis County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 2.3% 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.
St. Louis County, Minnesota · Population 200,056
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$69,455
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

1983 · 3 incidents

August 23, 1983 MN · Metal/Non-Metal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
United States Steel Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DRIVING A STEEL PIN INJURED CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE HEAD OF T HE PIN & A HAMMER.

April 2, 1983 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United States Steel Corp · Fall from machine

INJURED SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF A VAN AND STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON THE MANIFOLD-SUTURES.

March 15, 1983 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United States Steel Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPL SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE WALKING TO STEP III LOADOUT POCKET.