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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220002360028 · 08/16/2000 · Hibbing Taconite Company

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Miner, NEC
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
MINERAL ITEMS,NEC
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost
—
Mine experience
21 years

Operator

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

Narrative

AGGLOMERATOR ATTENDANT WAS UNPLUGGING A DOUBLE DUMP VALVE TO THE PELLET PLANT LINE #1 MULTI-TUBE ROOM. HE EXPERIENCED A FOREIGN BODY IN HIS RIGHT EYE. A FEW DAYS LATER, A PHYSICIAN SWABBED O

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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