Over-exertion in lifting objects
INJURED FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN WHILE LIFTING A RETURN ROLLER. (DR. TOOK HIM OFF WORK WITH A HERNIA ON 5-15-2000).
Cleveland-Cliffs Minorca Mine Inc.Mining Incidents in 2000
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Cleveland-Cliffs Minorca Mine Inc. operations in 2000. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2000
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Year
- 2000
Top incident classifications
- 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS5 incidents
- 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
- 03MACHINERY2 incidents
All incidents in 2000
Fall to the walkway or working surface
STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE STRIPPING WAX OFF A FLOOR.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED HIS LOW BACK WHILE MOVING A SAND BAG.
Over-exertion in lifting objects
INJURED STRAINED HIS NECK AND SHOULDER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A PIECE OF PLYWOOD.
Contact with hot objects or substances
INJURED RECEIVED 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO THE BOTTOM OF HIS LEFT FOOT WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG FROM AN ARC AIRING OPERATION BURNED THROUGH HIS BOOT.
Struck against stationary object
INJURED RECEIVED A LACERATION TO THE LEFT EYEBROW WHEN HE JUMPED BACK AFTER BEING STARTLED BY THE HYDRAULIC WRENCH SLIPPING OFF A DRILL STEEL. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE BOARDING LADDER OF THE DRILL.
Fall from machine
INJURED FRACTURED HIS LEFT RING FINGER WHEN HE SLIPPED WHILE DISMOUNTING THE GRADER AND FELL TO THE GROUND. IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
INJURED FRACTURED AND LACERATED HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER WHEN IT WAS PINCHED BETWEEN A LUBE DRUM HE WAS MOVING AND AN ANGLE IRON.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED LACERATED HIS RIGHT THUMB WHEN IT WAS PINCHED BETWEEN A PIECE OF CONDUIT THAT HAD SLIPPED OFF HIS SHOULDER AND A DOOR HANDLE.