HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Hibbing Taconite Company
Start: 04/10/2017

220183120019 · 04/10/2017 · Hibbing Taconite Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 24
Mine experience: 4.15 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee was assisting a forklift operator who was transporting a pipe. The pipe shifted and rolled over the employee's left hand while the load was still on the ground. The employee received left hand second - forth digit contusions. The employee underwent proximal interphalangeal joint capsular release with pinning of the joint surgery on October 31, 2018.

Source

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