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October 13, 2000 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · FIRE
Hibbing Taconite Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CRAWLER TRACTOR ON THE #1039 STOCKPILE IN THE MINE PIT. A FLASH FIRE OCCURRED. THE OPERATOR EXPERIENCED EXTENSIVE BURNS AS HE EXITED THE OPERATOR'S CAB. INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 2 1/2 WEEKS IN THE BURN UNIT. ON NOVEMBER 2, 2000, MSHA WAS NOTIFIED THAT HE EXPIRED AT HOME.

January 26, 1989 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Hibbing Taconite Company · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

EMP HAD BEEN WORKING ON STOCK PILE WITH CRAWLER TRACTOR. WHEN SIGNALED TO C OME DOWN BY SUPERVISOR, HE ACKNOWLEDGED, AND JPROCEEDED TO BACK UP ALONG A ROAD ON THE SOUTH SIDE CLOSE TO THE TOP, AS HE APPROACHED THE CONE(VOID) OF #9 MILL FEEDER WATCHING THE OUTSIDE TRACK, HE BACKED INTO THE CONE. THE TRACTOR SLID TO THE BOTTOM AND WAS ENGULFED IN COARSE ROCK.

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