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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220163060012 · 10/28/2016 · Northshore Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Steel worker, Iron metal worker, Iron worker
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
ANKLE
Days lost
75
Mine experience
2.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
Operator
Northshore Mining Company
Mine
2100831

Narrative

Employee was injured when a sump that was being lowered into the basement with an overhead crane came into contact with a severely corroded pipe and broke the hanger causing the vertical pipe to fall and come into contact with the employee's ankle, fracturing it. The bolts on the hanger were completely rotten.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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