HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Hibbing Taconite Company
Start: 09/15/2005

220052710011 · 09/15/2005 · Hibbing Taconite Company

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Set or remove brattice
Injury source: BRATTICE CURT,PLAS & CANV
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 16
Mine experience: 27.38 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Working on #3 apron feeder installing skirt liners. Raising the liner using a 2' pony pry bar. The liner was raised about 2"" when bar slipped, liner fell and caught his left ring finger between the liner and flight (track pad), breaking his finger.

Source

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