Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Taking chain binder off backhoe bucket from trailer, pipe slipped, struck him on chin and left cheek. Laceration to cheek requiring 15 stitches.
43498Metal/Nonmetal
Knife River North Central · Surface
Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Sauk Rapids, Benton County, MN · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103280
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2002–2005
- Latest incident
- Sep 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2005 · 1 incident
2004 · 1 incident
Struck by falling object
AFTER SHOVELING OUT TAIL PULLEY, EE WAS WALKING UNDER AN OVERHEAD CONVEYOR WHEN A ROCK CAME OFF THE OVERHEAD CONVEYOR & STRUCK THE EE IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AT THE BASE OF HIS HEAD UP TO 3"" ABOVE THE NAPE OF HIS NECK.
2003 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS SHOVELING DOWN CONVEYER LINE. EXPERIENCED PAIN IN RT SIDE OF LOWER BACK.
2002 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE PUSHING A PIECE OF STEEL TO AN UPRIGHT POSITION E.E. SLIPPED ON A BOARD CAUSING A JARRING MOTION TO THE BACK.