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NONPOWERED HAULAGE

220152040019 · 07/22/2015 · Hibbing Taconite Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Welder (shop)
Activity
Move non-self-propelled equip
Injury source
NONPOWRD VECH-DOLI,WHLBRW
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost
71
Mine experience
26.54 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Two employees were moving a cart loaded with quarter inch steel plates. The cart tipped forward, the plates slid off the front of the cart and the cart went up in the air and travelled backwards. The cart knocked the employee over and landed on top of his legs.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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