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ENTRAPMENT

220202650005 · 09/17/2020 · United States Steel Corp-Minnesota Ore Operations

Details

Degree of injury
ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification
ENTRAPMENT
Accident type
Accident type, without injuries
Occupation
—
Activity
—
Injury source
—
Nature of injury
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Body part
—
Days lost
—
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
USX Corp (United States Steel Corp)
Operator
United States Steel Corp-Minnesota Ore Operations
Mine
2100282

Narrative

A Lakehead employee (contractor) was trapped in the Fines Crusher elevator at approximately 4:35 am. The safety on call was notified and the elevator repair company responded and got the person out around 7:10 am. Due to this being an entrapment of over 30 minutes, MSHA was immediately notified by the on-call safety person.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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