STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT

Name: STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT at Hibbing Taconite Company
Start: 06/08/2001

220020360070 · 06/08/2001 · Hibbing Taconite Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Accident type: Over-exertion NEC
Occupation: Drill helper
Activity: Walking, Running
Injury source: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost: 19
Mine experience: 24.42 years

Operator

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

Narrative

EE WAS MOVING THE #7 ROTARY DRILL WITH THE PENDANT. AS HE WAS WALKING ALONG SIDE OF THE DRILL HE INADVERTENTLY STEPPED ON A ROCK TWISTING HIS LT. ANKLE AND KNEE. THE LT. KNEE INJURY WAS AGGRIVATED ON 8/29/01 WHILE CHANGING OUT A DRILL BIT ON THE #6 DRILL. EE HAD SURGERY 1/28/ 02.

Source

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