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POWERED HAULAGE

220202870021 · 10/10/2020 · Cleveland-Cliffs Minorca Mine Inc.

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity
Front-end loader
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
NECK
Days lost
46
Mine experience
13.54 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee was operating a loader cleaning up around the shovel when they scooped up a bucket of material with a large rock in it on the right side. Soft ground caused the loader to begin tipping/sinking to the right, so employee lowered the main boom fast jarring the loader down causing back and neck pain.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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