HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Hibbing Taconite Company
Start: 03/05/2007

220071410020 · 03/05/2007 · Hibbing Taconite Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion in lifting objects
Occupation: Miner, Prospector, NEC
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: BOXES,CRATES,CARTONS
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 119
Mine experience: 30.23 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee was lifting water crates in the cooler in the lunch room and had lifted about 10-12 cases and felt a pain in his lower back. He had been treating for lower back strain for years and worked thru this until May 9, 2007 and then missed work.

Source

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