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Empire Iron Mining Partnership operator

Controlled by Cliffs Natural Resources Inc; ArcelorMittal

MSHA operator ID: L10522

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 516
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 2000–2016

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

2,895

citations

631

significant & substantial

$2,205,927

proposed penalties

$1,643,316

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 37 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 187 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 89 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 66 non-fatal
DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 63 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 31 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Mines on record

Empire Mine MI

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

November 6, 2005 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · MACHINERY

Empire Iron Mining Partnership · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE and Another EE responded to a stuck pallet alarm on Unit IV cooler. He became trapped when the cooler pallet released on its own causing the dump arm and wheel to swing up and strike him in the head, pinning him between the dump arm wheel and the rail.