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Oglebay Norton Taconite Company operator

Controlled by Oglebay Norton Company

MSHA operator ID: L09141

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 691
Mines on record: 2
Years on record: 1987–1996

Top causes

FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 292 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 146 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 87 non-fatal
MACHINERY 74 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 31 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1996

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1994

62 (1f)

1993

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1991

1990

1989

125

1988

1987

Mines on record

EVTAC MINE MN
EVTAC PLANT MN

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

February 10, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Oglebay Norton Taconite Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEES WERE ATTEMPTING TO FREE BUILT UP SLAG AND DEBRIS FROM WEST WALL OF #2 GRATE PREHEAT AREA. EMPLOYEE INVOLVED WAS ON BACK END OF JACKHAMMER AND BEFORE STARTING, MATERIAL FELL FROM ABOV E, CAUSING ABOVE STATED FATALITY.

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