HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Hibbing Taconite Company
Start: 06/13/2000

220002070005 · 06/13/2000 · Hibbing Taconite Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion in lifting objects
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: CHAIN HOIST, CHAIN BLOCK
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 23.07 years

Operator

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

Narrative

TWO MECHANICS WERE ASSIGNED TO CHANGE THE WEST SIDE LINE #1 PELLETIZING FURNACE COUNTERWEIGHT CABLE. PART OF THE JOB INVOLVED MANUALLY LIFTING A 70# (6 TON) CHAIN HOIST. ONE MECHANIC EXPERIENC ED A BACK STRAIN. THIS WAS RECENTLY DETERMINED TO BE REPORTABLE AS A NEW INCIDENT, BASED ON THE RECEIPT OF MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown