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MACHINERY

220001570065 · 05/27/2000 · Hibbing Taconite Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Occupation
Truck driver
Activity
Haulage or Dump truck
Injury source
HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury
UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
—
Mine experience
22.3 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Mittal-US Steel Canada-Cliffs Natural Resources
Operator
Hibbing Taconite Company
Mine
2101600

Narrative

240 TON TRUCK (#210) WAS BEING LOADED WITH TACONITE BY THE #61 SHOVEL. A ROCK SLIPPED OFF THE BUCKET, STRUCK THE TRUCK BOX CANOPY AND JOSTLED THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK. LOW BACK IN- JURY.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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