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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220031040088 · 04/03/2003 · Empire Iron Mining Partnership

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost
—
Mine experience
6.4 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc; ArcelorMittal
Operator
Empire Iron Mining Partnership
Mine
2001012

Narrative

WHILE REMOVING A LINER BOLT, EE WAS HAMMERING WHEN HE MISSED THE PUNCH STRIKING HIMSELF ON THE RIGHT HAND, ABOVE HIS THUMB WITH THE HAMMER. MEDICAL TREATMENT SHOWED A HAIR LINE FRACTURE AND TH E HAND WAS CASTED.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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