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FIRE

220262110029 · 07/21/2026 · Knife River Corporation-Northwest

Details

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

Controller (parent)
Knife River Corporation
Operator
Knife River Corporation-Northwest
Mine
3500463

Narrative

Miner was starting up the crusher, had just powered everything on in the MCC then went up into the control tower and heard a loud pop noise and saw smoke come out of MCC knew there was a fire and evacuated and called supervisor. Fire department and power company came out to shut off electrical and put out the fire, fire department is investigating results pending.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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