HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Hibbing Taconite Company
Start: 01/05/2017

220170170012 · 01/05/2017 · Hibbing Taconite Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion NEC
Occupation: Drill operator
Activity: Getting on or off equipment
Injury source: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 2
Mine experience: 10.96 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee placed employee's left foot on the first step to onboard employee's drill at shift start. As employee stepped up and pulled with employee's arms to onboard, employee felt a pull in employee's back.

Source

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