HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Hibbing Taconite Company
Start: 11/29/2000

220010640167 · 11/29/2000 · Hibbing Taconite Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: CROWBAR,PRY BAR
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: SHOULDERS (COLLARBONE/CLAVICLE/SCAPULA)
Days lost: 44
Mine experience: 12.57 years

Operator

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

Narrative

EE WAS LINING A GRINDING MILL. WHILEPRYING A LINER WITH A 5' PRYBAR, THE EE FELT A PAIN IN RT. SHOULDER. AN MRI REVEALED AN IMPINGEMENT OF THE ROTATOR CUFF AND DEGENERATIVE CHANGES IN THE RT. SHOULDER. ORTHOSCOPIC SURGERY WAS COMPLETED ON 2-28-01.

Source

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