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MACHINERY

220180740016 · 03/06/2018 · Hibbing Taconite Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Contact with hot objects or substances
Occupation
Welder (non-shop)
Activity
Welding or cutting
Injury source
MOLTEN METAL
Nature of injury
BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part
FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
Days lost
19
Mine experience
3.27 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee was repairing worn spots on a D-11 dozer blade. While building up the blade, a piece of molten metal fell onto the top of employee's left boot and burned through the leather. The diagnoses was a full thickness burn to the left foot.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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