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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 12, 2008 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Superior Minerals Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee suffered a heart attack while sitting in the breakroom. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance where he was pronounced dead.

September 9, 2005 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Superior Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Our employee sustained injuries to his nose & mouth during an altercation with another employee.

April 5, 2000 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Superior Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING UP A PILE OF ROCKS WITH A LOADER WHEN SOME DUST BLEW IN HIS EYES.

May 7, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Superior Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON SOME EQUIPMENT DURING THE DAY. THAT WIEGHT HIS BACK WAS SORE. HE ORIGINALLY DID NOT FEEL THAT IT WAS SERIOUS, BUT IT BECAME SORSE.

December 5, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Superior Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

HE WAS CUTTING WITH A TORCH ON THE ROCK ELEVATOR. IT WAS VERY WINDY AND PARTICLES BLEW INTO HIS EYE FROM UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES.

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