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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220001010083 · 04/03/2000 · National Steel Pellet Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Truck driver
Activity
Escaping a hazard
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part
LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost
12
Mine experience
1 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
National Steel Corp
Operator
National Steel Pellet Company
Mine
2100249

Narrative

AFTER EE'S UNLOADED AND STACKED PIPE 3 HIGH IN A PILE, EE WAS TYING DOWN DONNAGE ON TRAILER. TRAILER WAS 10' FROM PIPE PILE. THE PILE OF PIPE SHIFTED AND FELL AND ROLLED TOWARDS THE TRUCK. EE HEARD THE PIPE FALL AND BEGAN TO RUN. HIS LEFT LEG WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE PIPE AND THE TRUCK. HIS KNEE AND CALF ARE SWOLLEN AND BRUISED. NO BROKEN BONES.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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