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Minntac Worker Hurt in Electrical Accident
MOUNTAIN IRON, Minn. (AP) - A Minntac worker is hospitalized with serious injuries after an electrical accident at the taconite plant in Mountain Iron.
Reports say 52-year-old Jon Malek of Tower was hurt in a small explosion that happened Wednesday while he was working on an electrical apparatus.
Malek's wife says her husband is in stable condition at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth.
Theresa Malek says her husband has worked at the plant for about 17 years.
Authorities say a 911 call came in just before 8 a.m. that one person had been injured in an electrical explosion. Operations were suspended at Iron Range's largest iron ore operation.
A U.S. Steel spokeswoman says the accident is under review.
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