STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT

Name: STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT at Cleveland-Cliffs Minorca Mine Inc.
Start: 12/14/2018

220190510031 · 12/14/2018 · Cleveland-Cliffs Minorca Mine Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Accident type: Struck against stationary object
Occupation: Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: STEEL RAIL (ALL KINDS)
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost: 34
Mine experience: 40.77 years

Operator

Controller (parent): ArcelorMittal USA LLC
Operator: Cleveland-Cliffs Minorca Mine Inc.
Mine: 2102449

Narrative

Employee was manually spreading chloride to melt ice along the inside edge of the railroad rail passing through pellet loadout. The employee stepped on the rail and slipped resulting in pain to the left knee. Employee was able to continue working. The pain didn't go away and ultimately EE had knee surgery on February 14th to repair the knee. (Meniscus)

Source

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