MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Empire Iron Mining Partnership
Start: 05/10/2007

220071310038 · 05/10/2007 · Empire Iron Mining Partnership

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Assayer, Geologist, Metallurgist, Engineer, Engineer management
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: PUMPS,FANS,COMP,ENG,NEC
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: EAR(S) EXTERNAL
Days lost: 3
Mine experience: 0.15 years

Operator

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

Narrative

PMCI employee & a Mill person were standing inside a fan housing, pushing up on the fan to rotate the fan. The fan started to move & injured's head got between the fan and the side of the housing. The other 2 people immediately stopped the fan rotation and pushed down freeing his head. His ear was cut and required stitches.

Source

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