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October 9, 1995 MI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUSHED LEVER TO OPEN LEAF BRAKE BUT LEVER WAS STUCK AND DIDN'T MOVE. RESULTED IN A PULL IN LOWER BACK BEGAN HAVING BACK PAIN AND BACK SPASMS.

February 14, 1995 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

STEAM CLEANER OPERATOR LOST CONTROL OF THE WAND & BURNED A SPOT ON HIS RIGHT LEG [2ND DEGREE BURN] ABOUT 2" IN DIAMETER JUST ABOVE BOOT. EMPLOYEE HAS DIABETES & WOUND HAS NOT HEALED.

January 12, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Flash burns (welding)

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WELDING INSIDE OF A TROMMETL & THE FLASH FROM WIRE FEED WELDER BURNED ATHE RIGHT NECK & EAR.

January 10, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WELDER BY HOLDING METAL RINGS TOGETHER FOR JACK WELDING HE RECEIVED ARC FLASHES TO HIS LEFT EYE

February 22, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MACHINING A PIECE OF 5 1/2" ROUND STOCK 36" LONG. HE WAS ROLLING THE STOCK BY HAND IN A V-BLOCK. WHILE ROLLING THE STOCK, IT BEGAN CLIMBING OUT OF THE V-BLOCK. HE TRIED TO STOP TH E PIECE FROM FALLING BUT DUE TO THE WEIGHT (APPROX 250 LBS) HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP IT. IT CAUGHT HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE MACHINE BED AND THE STOCK.

January 6, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOCATION-MACHINE SHOP. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 3'6" LONG PIECE OF EMERY DAPER TO POLISH A SHAFT. HE WASN'T USING THE MIDDLE OF THE PAPAER, BUT THE END. THE PAPER WRAPPED AROUND THE SHAFT CATCH ING HIS GLOVE AND PULLING HIS HAND INTO THE BED THE MACHINE. INJURED WAS BROUGHT AND TO BELL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT. CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND.

December 28, 1992 MI · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS POLISHING 1" SHAFTING IN LATHE AND WAS WEARING GLOVES. EMERY CAUGHT AND PULLED FINGERS INTO PIECE. THIRD AND FOURTH FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND WERE DISLOCATED AND BRUISED. HE WAS TAK EN TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

December 8, 1992 MI · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS OPERATING SUB/ARC WELDER WELDING A PULVERIZER ROLL.SILVER GLASS FLEW INTO HIS EYE(RIGHT)WHILE HE WAS STANDING APPROX 6' FROM PULVERIZER ROLL.INJURED WAS BROUGHT TO BELL MEMORAIL HO SPITAL FOR TREATMENT TO HIS EYE AND THEN RETURNED TO WORK.

September 17, 1992 MI · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LINING UP A PULLEY IN THE L-101 LATHE WHILE ROTATING THE CHUCK BY HAND AND WATCHING THE DIAL INDECIATOR HE PINCHED HIS RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE CHUCK AND THE TOOL STEAD REST. THE O RIGINAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIS INJURY WAS SOFT TISSUE INJURY BUT UPON REEXAMINATION ON 10-12-92 IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HIS FINGER HAD A SMALL FRACTURE HENCE THE DELAY IN FILING THIS REPORT.

May 21, 1992 MI · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING GRATE WHEEL IT SLIPPED OUT OF CHUCK PINCHED R FOREARM

April 10, 1992 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS USING A LARGE PLATE SHEAR TO REMOVE 1/2INCH PIECE OF ONE SIDE OF 1/4 X 1 X1 AGNLE IRONS. HE HAD COMPLETED 516 PIECES AND WAS WORKING ON THE LAST ONE WHEN HE FAILED TO REMOVE HIS HAND AF TER POSITIONING THE PIECE. WHEN HE ACTIVATED THEFOOT PEDAL ONE OF THE HOLD DOWN PADS PINCHED HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

April 1, 1992 MI · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A VERTICLE HYDRAULIC PRESS TO PRESS OUT AN OLD BUSHING FROM AN IDLER. WHEN THE BUSHING WAS ALLMOST OUT HE REACHED IN BEHIND THE GUARD DOORS TO CATCH THE PUSHER BLOCK BEFORE IT FEL L. AT THIS TIME THE LOWER PORTION OF THE CYLINDER CASTING BROKE OFF AND THE CASTIN AND OR THE PISTON SPRING STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND.

August 29, 1991 MI · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME MACHINING PUMP SHAFT.LONG METAL STRING WAS COMING OFF SHAFT,PUT LEATHER WORK GLOVES ON AND BROKE STRING,IT SLICED THROUGH GLOVES CUTTING RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

June 5, 1991 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME HAD BEEN CUTTING GRASS & WEEDS FOR APPROX 5 HRS WITH A SNAPPER WEEDEATER TRIMMER AT THE END OF THE SHIFT HE COMPLAINED OF A SORE BACK UNIT WEIGHS ABOUT 20#

May 6, 1991 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN A STEEL PLATE METAL SHAVINGS WERE WINDING AROUND THE DRILL BIT & AS I NAME ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE SHAVINGS ONE OF THE SHAVINGS CUT HIS LEFT INDEX FINER HE WAS WE ARING LEATHER WORK GLOVES AT THE TIME

December 8, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Struck against stationary object

HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE AGAINST A MOTOR GUARD ON THE LATHE HE WAS OPERATING. HE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL FRIDAY 12-14-90. ON 12-16-90 HIS KNEE WAS QUITE SORE SO HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM

April 17, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Struck by flying object

HE AND HIS PARTNER WERE ASSEMBLING DUCTWORK IN THE SHEETMETAL SHOP. HIS PARTNER WAS GRINDING ON A WELD AND HE FELT SOMETHING ENTER HIS LEFT EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

December 1, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS GUDING & HOLDING TENSION ON HOIST CABLE FOR O HEAD CRANE SO CABLE WOULD WRAP ONTO DRUM CORRECTLY. LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS DRAWN INTO POINT SHEAVE & PINCHED.

August 15, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHAIN SAW KICKED BACK WHILE SAWING OFF A TREE BRANCH SORE SHOULDER.

July 31, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

COUPLING BROKE ON STEAM CLEANING WAND, & STEAM TBURNED LEFT FOREARM.

June 27, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS STEPPING FROM PITMAN CRANE TRUCK TO LOW BOY TRAILER TRACTOR. UNITS WERE SIDE BY SIDE AS HE STEPPED CRANE OPER. MOVED TRACK CRANE FORWARD & EMPL WAS PINCED BETWEEN TRUCK CRANE & OPER. CAB DOOR OF TRAILER TRACTOR.

May 10, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I,NAME WAS WELDING WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PT A PIECE OF HOT EQUIPMENT INTO A CONTAINER OF LOOSE INSULATION THAT IS USED TO CONTROL THE COOLING POROCESS. SOME OF THE LOOSE MATERIAL GOT ON HIS SL IM AND AT THE END OF THE SHIFT HIS SKIN WAS ITCHING AND BEGINGING TO RASH.

May 4, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS SHEARING 4 X 8 SHEETS OF STEEL INTO SMALLER PIECES HE WAS USING A OVERHEAD CRANE FOR THE LARGE PIECES AND HANDLING THE SMALLER PIECES BY HAND AT THE END OF THE SHIFT HE COMPLAINED O F A SORE LOWER BACK THERE WAS NO SLIP TRIP OR FALL INVOLVED

December 4, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS HOOK3NG UP A CHAIN SLING TO A LIFTING EYE ON A DRAY THE CRANE OPERATOR MOVED THE CRANE AND HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN HOOK AND DRAY RUNNER POOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CRANE OPERATOR3AND HELPER

February 2, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Struck by flying object

HE WAS DRILLING3A 3/4" HOLE IN A PIECE OF STEEL WITH A VETICAL DRILL PRESS.DRILL BIT STUCK IN THE STEEL..HE SHUT THE DRILL OFF TO ATTEMPT TO FREE THE BIT.WHEN HE TURNED THE DRILL ON AGAIN, TH E BIT BROKE AND3THE PIECE OF STEEL FLEW OFF THE TABLE STRIKING HIM IN THE RIGHT GROIN.

November 21, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME LEFT SLE9VE CAUGHT ON ROTATING PIECE IN A LATHE. HIS ARM WAS PULLED AGAINST THE PIECE RESULTING IN MULTIPLE LACERATIONS A CONTUSIOUS TO LEFT FOREARM.

April 23, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS BEGI3NING TO OUT A PIECE OF BAR STOCK. HE FAILED TO CLAMP DOWN THE PIECE. THE PIECE MOVED & HE PINCHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE PIECE HE WAS CUTTING3& ANOTHER PIECE OF TUBING ON THE TABLE.

January 8, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Struck against stationary object

I,NAME WAS WELD3NG BLOCKS ON THE LIP OF A SHOVEL BUCKET. AS HE LEANED OVER TO BEETTER POSITION HIMSELF, HE STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW ON ONE OF THE WELDER BLOCKS.

December 5, 1984 MI · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Cliffs Mining Services Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS USING A STRIP OF EMERY CLOTH TO CLEAN UP A SHAFT, THAT WAS TURNING ON A LATHE. THE EMERY CLOTH GRABBED ONTO THE SHAFT AND PULLED OUT OF HIS HAND CUTTING HIS SEFT PALM. TWO CUTS (5 C.M. AND 2 C.M.) IN LEFT PALM.

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