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Employee was at the end of a conveyor belt to gather samples. He set his bucket down, the wind caught the bucket and he stepped to catch it and hit his hard hat on a support beam. As a result, he had a concussion.
Employee spent 4 hours working around the fines discharge chute during shift. When employee got home that night, he had discomfort in his eyes, tried to flush them with no success. Employee sought medical treatment and had multiple microscopic particles removed from both eyes.
There is no specific incident. Employee stated his back was sore on Wednesday 7/30 in the morning and attributed it to operating the loader all day Tuesday 7/29. Employee stated again of Friday 8/1 that his back was stiff. Saturday morning he went to the ER and was diagnosed with back strain.
Employee was spraying Zep 45 lubricant on a sticky valve when the spray defected under his safety glasses into his eye.
Comfortable, sunny day. Work area was well lit. EE was installing stainless steel baffles in duct work system. Slid first 2 baffles in without incident. Placed 3rd baffle in duct work. EE did not notice channels were larger than baffle assembly. Baffle assembly slid out striking EE's finger, causing laceration to right ring finger.
Foreign body in the right eye while pulling bags from the limestone baghouse resulting in a corneal scratch
Employee working in the cooler building near the hot screw tracing conduit, when employee removed his glasses to wipe the fog from them, a blob of material fell from overhead and got into his left eye.
Employee was changing a mag drum when he felt discomfort in his left eye. The chain fall that was being used came into contact with an overhead cable tray knocking some dust onto employee. He had foreign body in his left eye.
Employee exiting CR-112 pulverizer when his retrieval line got snagged. He bent down to unhook it, when he stood back up to exit, he felt a pain in his lower back.
employee coming down a ladder, reached up to grab sample bucket, missed a step and caught himself with his right hand causing strain to his right shoulder
Employee carrying parts for the coal pulverizer. Employee went to set the parts down and parts shifted pinching employees left middle finger between floor and parts. The pinch caused a laceration requiring 3 stitches.
Employee inadvertently put hand into a hot pile of ash causing burns to left forearm, left wrist and pointer and middle finger on left hand.
Two EE's were cleaning the floor sump and trench in building.The task was to vac the damp lime material onto the trench and sump washing the material down with water. After the task the EE complained of irritation to the right forearm. EE was brought to job trailer supervisor removed his boots and noticed burn on his foot.
Employee opening north access door to second stage mixer using a come-along to lift door. Door slipped free of come-along and fell onto employee's right thumb which was between the door and the mixer wall. Employee sustained 5 broken bones in the right thumb.
Employee released latch on doors for over size container and set latch on a flat piece of steel. Employee then reached down to pick up cable to open door, latch slipped and came down smashing right thumb. Employee lost thumb nail, no broken bones, no sutures.
Oversize chute form screensizer to oversize container was plugged. EE had inspection door at screensizer open while another group of ee opened doors on oversize container. Caused material to drop through chute which apparently created a chimney effect. Pushed hot gases & materials out screensizer inspection door. EE received burns to 20-29% of body
Oversize chute form screensizer to oversize container was plugged. EE had inspection door at screensizer open while another group of ee opened doors on oversize container. Caused material to drop through chute which apparently created a chimney effect. Pushed hot gases & materials out screensizer inspection door. EE received burns to back of head
Oversize chute form screensizer to oversize container was plugged. EE had inspection door at screensizer open while another group of ee opened doors on oversize container. Caused material to drop through chute which apparently created a chimney effect. Pushed hot gases & materials out screensizer inspection door. EE received burns to back of head and left hand.
Employee was working in an extremely dusty area (metallic fine dust and rock dust). Employee wore safety goggles over prescription safety glasses and a half mask respirator. Employee experienced eye irritation but did not recall a specific incident. Employee sought medical care prior to work the next day and was prescribed antibiotic eye drops for corneal abrasion.
dust and wind
Employee removed samples from furnace by sampling rod with coworkers. Employee's left hand was used as main support and grip of the rod while right hand was used as guide hand. Rod is hot and was held away from center with added heat gloves. Uneven load of rod's weight, rotation and strained grip of sampling rod on a repetitive basis were contributing factors to wrist injury.
EE was lifting a 3" pipe to place it in a pipe stand. He felt a pop in both the lower and upper arm. Felt faint after injury and was treated by a first medical responder taken for more medical attention.
employee placing a 50 pound can of welding rods on a ID Fan platform over his head, can rolled and cut his middle finger on his right hand
EE was lifting a piece of scrap steel when his partner dropped his end the piece then fell from the EE's hands striking him on the foot.
EE was commissioning a chemical feed line with 50% sodium hydroxide in it, utilizing a pump that would run 15 gallons per hour, a fitting on one of the hoses failed and ee got splashed with sodium hydroxide on neck, wrists, ear lobe and left eye
ee was putting up a hanging bracket for a screw conveyor, while hanging bracket, finger was pinched, tearing the end of his finger. ee recieved 2 stitches in end of finger.
Wearing of contact lenses in an area that has dust present. Doctor stated that employee had metal particles on his contact lenses. Employee was not exposed to any metal particles at his job cleaning up at Mesabi Nugget site.