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July 9, 1998 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inland Steel Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED SLAMMED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER IN THE TRUCK DOOR WHILE CLOSING IT, FRACTURING THE TIP.

July 5, 1998 MN · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inland Steel Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED BENT OVER TO PULL OUT A GILSON SAMPLING SCREEN WHEN HE PULLED ON THE SCREEN HE FELT A POP IN THE LEFT RIB.

May 3, 1998 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inland Steel Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED FRACTURED HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND WHEN IT BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN A STEP LADDER AND AN ANGLE IRON WHILE HE WAS THROWING THE LADDER ON A TRUCK.

April 1, 1998 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Inland Steel Mining Company · Fall from machine

INJURED WAS DISMOUNTING HIS 190 TON CAT TRUCK WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE BOTTOM RUNG OF THE LADDER, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS GRIP AND FELL TO THE GROUND ON HIS BUTTOCKS, JARRING HIS LOW BACK . THE PIT WAS BEING SHUT DOWN AT THE TIME DUE TO A SNOW STORM.

March 22, 1998 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Inland Steel Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED ON SOME UNEVEN GROUND WHILE FUELING A LIGHT PLANT IN THE PIT.

March 7, 1998 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inland Steel Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE SLIDING THE BOTTOM OF AN ACETYLENE CYLINDER ON A TRUCKBED. (THE INJURED DID NOT MISS TIME UNTIL 5/27/98, THEREFORE THIS REPORT IS LATE.

February 23, 1998 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Inland Steel Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES: WAS WALKING BY DRILL DURING BLOWDOWNWHEN OBJECTS WERE BLOWN AROUND AND GOT SOMETHINGBLOWN IN MY EYE EVEN WITH SAFETY GLASSES ON.

January 19, 1998 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Inland Steel Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED STRAINED HIS LOW BACK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ICE AT THE PIT FUEL STATION. [HE DID NOT FALL].

January 19, 1998 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Inland Steel Mining Company · Fall from machine

INJURED SLIPPED WHILE DISMOUNTING THE D9N CAT, CATCHING HIS FOOT IN THE TRACK & FALLING TO THE GROUND. HE FRACTURED HIS ANKLE & TIBIA BELOW THE KNEE [RT LEG].

November 22, 1997 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED STRAINED LEFT SIDE OF HIS RIBS WHILE BARRING FROZEN ORE FROM THE HEAD CHUTE OF 52CV02.

November 5, 1997 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Inland Steel Mining Company · Fall from ladders

INJURED BRUISED HE LEFT RIB AREA & WRIST WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL WHILE CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER [6']. HE WAS WORKING ON THE PRIMARY CRUSHER ACCENTRIC AT THE TIME.

July 15, 1997 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Inland Steel Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE RECD 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS RIGHT THUMB WHENTHE GLOVE HE WAS WEARING FILLED WITH OXYGEN FROMA LEAKING HOSE & IGNITED WHILE BURNING WITH A TORCH.

June 26, 1997 MN · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Inland Steel Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

INJURED LACERATED HIS LIP WHEN THE PICKUP HE WS DRIVING VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND STRUCK A BEAM. THE LACERATION REQUIRED 2 SUTURES.

June 3, 1997 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Inland Steel Mining Company · Fall from ladders

INJURED BRUISED HIS BUTTOCKS AND LOWER BACK WHENHE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL FROM A TWO FOOT LADDER.

April 17, 1997 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED LACERATED HIS LEFT PALM WHERE HE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF HOSE OFF A FITTING. LACERATION REQUIRED 3 SUTURES.

April 14, 1997 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Inland Steel Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE RECD BURNS TO THE LOWER LEFT FOREARM WHEN HE DROPPED THE OXY-ACETYLENE TORCH HE WAS USING AND THE FLAME CONTACTED HIS ARM

March 12, 1997 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Inland Steel Mining Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED SUFFERED A CERVICAL STRAIN WHEN HE WAS STRUCK ON THE HARD HAT BY A LOOSE ROCK WHICH FELL FROM THE FEEDER ABOVE HIM WHILE HE WAS CLEANING THE CRUSHER.

March 4, 1997 MN · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Inland Steel Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

AT ABOUT 4:40 AM ON 3-14-97, LOADER OPERATOR NOTICED SMOKE AND GLOWING COMING FROM THE #3 DRILL IN THE LAURENTIAN PIT. HE IMMEDIATELY CALLED STAFF PIT COORDINATOR ON THE RADIO TO REPORT THE FI RE. EE HAD JUST COME OUT TO RELIEVE THE NIGHT SHFT COORDINATOR AND WAS STILL LOCATED IN THE PIT OPERATIONS OFFICE. HE IMMEDIATELY CALLED 911 AT 4:42 AM TO REPORT THE FIRE FROM THE PIT OFFICE

January 17, 1997 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE FELT SORENESS IN HIS LOWER BACK AFTER BARRING FROZEN CHUNKS OUT OF A FEEDER WITH A 5' BAR.

January 14, 1997 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Inland Steel Mining Company · Fall from ladders

EE SLIPPED OFF A STEP LADDER AND FELL ABOUT 4' TO THE FLOOR BRUISING HIS NECK AND UPPER BACK. HE WAS FACING THE WRONG WAY WHILOE DESCENDING THE LADDER.

January 10, 1997 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inland Steel Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED LACERATED HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER WHEN ITWAS PINCHED BETWEEN A PORTABLE FAN AND AN ANGLE IRON. THE LACERATION REQUIRED A COUPLE OF SUTURES.

November 28, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED FELT BACK PAIN AFTER BARRING FROZEN MATERIAL FROM A FEEDER WITH A 5' BAR.

November 4, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inland Steel Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE LIFING A PICK UP TIRE FROM THE TIRE MOUNTING MACHINE

July 16, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Inland Steel Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

INJURED BURNED HIS RT HAND AND LOWER ARM WHEN THE GASOLINE HE WAS POURING FROM A POP CAN INTO THE CARBURATOR OF A SERVICE TRUCK IGNITED WHILE THE ENGINE WAS BEING TURNED OVER.

July 4, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inland Steel Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

INJURED RECEIVED 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS HANDS WHEN HE WAS CONTACTED BY HOT OIL FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL ON #22 HAUL TRUCK WHILE HE WAS DRAINING IT.

June 19, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Inland Steel Mining Company · Fall from machine

INJURED FRACTURED HIS LEFT HIP WHEN HE FELL OFF THE 2ND RIGID RUNG OF A HAUL TRUCK LADDER WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO CLIMB IT WITH A MULTI-METER IN ONE HAND AND ONLY ONE HAND FREE.

April 25, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Inland Steel Mining Company · Flash burns (electric)

INJURED WAS REMOVING A GENERAL ELECTRIC AKU3A25, 600 AMP 600 BOLT BREAKER WHEN IT ARC FALSHED SENDING A FIRE BALL OUT OF THE CABINET CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO THE FACE AND 2ND AND 3 RD DEGRE E BURNS TO BOTH HANDS.

April 23, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inland Steel Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED CRACKED THE TIP OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WHEN IT WAS PINCHED BETWEEN TWO PIPES HE WAS MOVING.

April 3, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Inland Steel Mining Company · Fall from machine

INJURED STRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE WHEN HE FELL THREE FEET OFF THE TAIL END OF THE FLUXSTONE CONVEYOR HE WAS STANDING ON.

April 1, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inland Steel Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED FELT LEFT GROIN PAIN WHILE LIFTING LINER PLATE. HE HAD A PREVIOUSLY DIAGNOSISED NON- OCCUPATIONAL HERNIA ON THE LEFT SIDE. LIFTING THE PLATE AGGRAVATED THE HERNIA. HE HAD SURGERY ON 12 -2-96.

March 27, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Inland Steel Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

INJURED JARRED HER LOW BACK WHEN THE SMALL TRACK LOADER SHE WAS OPERATING DROVE OVER BUILT UP MATERIAL APPROX. 1 FOOT HIGH.

February 1, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inland Steel Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED PULLED A MUSCLE ICE HIS LEFT SHOULDER PULLING ON A FROZEN FUEL HOSE.

January 26, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Inland Steel Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED LACERATED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE PEDAL FOR THE METAL SHEAR AND IT SPRUNG UP AND STRUCK HIS KNEE. WOUND REQUIRE 11 SUTURES.

November 13, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inland Steel Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED LACAERATED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WHEN IT BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN A HANDRAIL & CLASSIFIERFLIGHT ARM HE WAS INSTALLING. LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES.

October 17, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inland Steel Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WHERE HE LIFTED A 4" X 4" X 16" WEAR BLOCK.

October 12, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Inland Steel Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED FRACTURED THE TIP OF HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WHEN IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HEAD OF A BOLT AND A BEARING PILLOW BLOCK AS HE WAS TIGHTENING IT WITH AN IMPACT.

October 9, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inland Steel Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS SLIDING AND LIFTING ONE END OF A 6'X10' RUBBER HOSE 50 LB INTO ITS STORAGE SPACE ON THE VACUM TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN HIS GROIN.

September 26, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED BRUISED HIS ELBOW, KNEE AND NECK WHEN 2 CARRPACE BOLTS WHICH ANCHOR THE SWIVEL OF A LARGE VISE BROKE CAUSING THE INJURED TO PULL THE 36" PIPE WRENCH HE WAS USING INTO THE SIDE OF HIS H EAD AND KNOCKING HIM TO THE FLOOR.

August 21, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inland Steel Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED CRACKED A BONE AT THE TIP OF HIS, LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WHEN IT WAS PINCHED BETWEEN TWO CHANNELS HE WAS MOVING.

July 17, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Inland Steel Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED SLIPPED ON WET GROUND AND FELL AGAINST THE TIRE OF HIS FPRODUCTIONS TRUCK STRAINING HIS LOW BACK.

June 5, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inland Steel Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED SUFFERED AN INGUINAL HERNIA WHEN HE LIFTED A WATER COOLER (20#) FROM THE BACK OF A PICKUP.

April 15, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Inland Steel Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHEN HE SLIPED ON THE WET FLOOR IN THE MULTI-CLONE BLDG.

March 28, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Inland Steel Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

INJURED STATES HE HIT A BUMP IN THEROAD WITH HIS PRODUCTION TRUCK JARRING HIS BACK HE HAD HIS SEAT BELT ON & THE TRUCK WAS IN GOOD OPERATING CONDITION THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED ON 04-03-95

March 23, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inland Steel Mining Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED FRACTURED HIS RIGHT BIG TOE WHEN THE IMPACT WRENCH WHICH WAS BRING PASSED TO HIM SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND AND STRUCK HIS FOOT BEHIND HIS HARD TOE.

January 12, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Inland Steel Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

INJURED STRAINED HER NECK WHEN SHE STRUCK HER HEAD ON A ROW BEAM ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE FLUX FEED BELT.

December 15, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inland Steel Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED STRAINE DHIS RIGHT ELBOW WHILE TIPPING A BARREL OF PAD EYES.

November 30, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inland Steel Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED PINCHED HER RIGHT RING FINGER TIP BETWEEN A SAMPLE TUBE FLANGE AND A PLUNGER ROD FLANGE WHICH WAS USED TO KNOCK OUT SAMPLE. SHE LOST A PORTION OF THE FLESHY FINGER TIP PAD.

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