MSHA record for CLIFFS MINING SERVICES COMPANY (mine ID 2001584). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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EE HAD COMPLETED DRILLING USING A DRILL PRESS. HE TURNED TO HIS RIGHT AND PIVOTED AT WHICH TIME HE CONTACTED A CHISEL ROD WHICH HAD BEEN PLACED IN A BENCH VICE AWAITING REPAIR. CHISEL CREATED A PUNCTURE OF LEFT BICEP.
INDIVIDUAL WAS MEASURING AREAS AROUND CONCENTRATE BINS AT TILDEN MINE PELLET PLANAT. WHILE PASSING ONE EMPTY BIN SUBJECT EXPERIENCED DUST FROM THE BIN BEING BLOWN INTO HIS EYES. AT A LATER TIM E HE EXPERIENCED DISCOMFORT. INDIVIDUAL FLUSHED EYES TO RELIEVE DISCOMFORT.
INDIVIDUAL WAS USING PAINT AND VARNISH REMOVER ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHEN A SMALL AMOUNT SPLASHED ON HIS NECK.
INDIVIDUAL OPERATES A COMPUTER TERMINAL KEYBOARD. EXTENDED PERIODS OF THIS ACTIIVTY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO REPEATED MOTION TRAUMA.
INDIVIDUAL USES A COMPUTER TERMINAL WITH A KEYBOARD TO ENTER DATA. EXTENDED ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA CONTRIBUTED TO EARLY CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
I NAME WAS REMOVING A SAMPLE BAG (15#) FROM BACK OF A PICK-UP TRUCK HE EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK I NAME CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 05-31-91
WORKING AT RESEARCH LAB USING PRESSURE FILTER TO DEWATER IRON ORE SAMPLES.DETECTED DISCOMFORT IN LEFT WRIST AFTER 7 HRS.CONTINUES TO SUFFER DISCOMFORT IN LEFT WRIST.
SUBJECT WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A 55 GAL. DRUM (APPROX 700 LBS) WITH A BARREL MOVING DEVICE, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND UPPER BACK.
INDIVIDUAL WAS WORKING IN CLOSE DROXIMITY TO SEVERAL STAINLESS. STEEL RETORTS WHICH WERE STORED IN AN UP RIGHT POSITION. ONE RETORT APPROX. 4 FT LONG 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER WEIGHING 25 BLS FELL OVER AND THE FLANGE ON THE TOP STRUCK VICTIM ON LEFT INSTEP.
INDUVIAL WAS ENGAGED IN PROCESS PLANT SAMPLING ACTIVTIES AND INCENT TO THESER ACTIVITES HE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH PLANT PROCESS WATER. INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPED ACUTE DERMATITIS ON HANDS AND ARMS. REMOVEL FROM EXPOSURE WILL RESULT IN COMPLETE RECOVERY.
INDIVIDUAL WAS CRUSHING AN IRON ORE SMAPLE USING A 6"X8" JAW CRUSHER. IN THE PROCESS OF FEEDING THE CRUSHER, A SMALL CHUNK OF ORE WAS PROPELLED FROM THE CRUSHER AND STRUCK THE INDIVIDUAL IN TH E FOREHEAD CAUSING A LACERATION. THE LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURING TO CLOSE IT AND INDIVIDUAL THEN RETURNED TO HIS NORMAL DUTIES.
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