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Akzo Salt Inc operator

Controlled by Akzo Nobel N V

MSHA operator ID: L00130

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 7
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 1983–1985

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 2 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1985

1984

1983

4 (1f)

Mines on record

DETROIT SALT MINE MI

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

March 5, 1983 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Akzo Salt Inc · Fall down raise, shaft or manway

WHILE UNLOADING A PALLET OF CEMENT BAGS FROM THE WEST SKIP WITH A HI-LOW, WOODEN PALLET BROKE CAUSING CEMENT BAGS TO FALL TOWARDS THE EAST SHAFT. VICTIM WHO WAS BELLING SKIP, MOVED BACKWARDS T O AVOID BEING STRUCK WITH FALLING BAGS OF CEMENT, LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL APPROX. 35 FT INTO THE EAST SHAFTWAY.

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