MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Northshore Mining Company
Start: 10/02/2025

220253170142 · 10/02/2025 · Northshore Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: CRANES,DERRICKS
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 30 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
Operator: Northshore Mining Company
Mine: 2100831

Narrative

The employee fractured the right thumb when it got pinched between two cables while using the crane and wrecking ball to scale down the west car dump pocket. The cable got hung up on a protruding stud and the employee attempted to move cable. The employee was wearing leather gloves at the time.

Source

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