A miner's arm was caught in the components of a conveyor head pulley and conveyor scraper blade assembly, resulting in fatal injury.
Fatality #7 - August 9, 2011
This posting serves to provide a public notice to employees of the mine, employees of the mining company(s), employees of independent contractors with any connection to the mine, persons with any connection to the mine, and any person with information regarding the cause or contributing factors of this accident.
Please provide any information to George Schorr, Lead Accident Investigator at 218-720-5448.
A miner's arm was caught in the components of a conveyor head pulley and conveyor scraper blade assembly, resulting in fatal injury.
METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY - On August 9, 2011, a 24-year-old skid-steer loader operator with 12 weeks of experience was killed at a sand and gravel operation. He accessed an elevated platform near an unguarded head pulley and became entangled in the operating conveyor system.