FIRE

Name: FIRE at Hibbing Taconite Company
Start: 10/13/2000

Fatal · 220002900220 · 10/13/2000 · Hibbing Taconite Company

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: FIRE
Accident type: Contact with hot objects or substances
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Bulldozer
Injury source: FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
Nature of injury: BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 8.53 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Mittal-US Steel Canada-Cliffs Natural Resources
Operator: Hibbing Taconite Company
Mine: 2101600

Narrative

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.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown