Mesabi Chief 3 — Accidents

Total: 21 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/25/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tying wire on rebar and while finished tying one piece his Left arm slid across the rebar and put a laceration in the forearm area.
06/15/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost The employee was lifting the hood on the Cat Challenger tractor while performing his daily inspections and his back started to spasm causing tightness in his low back.
02/22/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost He was carrying a 5 gallon bucket of material down a flight of stairs and slipped on the stairs falling on his left low back. He was using three point contact during his travels down the flight of st...
02/21/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted EE was walking from the parking lot to the employee locker room and in process of doing so slipped on a slippery spot and fell on his right hip causing some pain.
12/28/2011 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost While flushing the Rev 3.1 with water, he got a cramp in his back, he kneeled down and while kneeling on the metal grating he rolled his right knee over the grating and his knee became very sore.
11/23/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted The employee was asking a co-worker a question about a tool and when he turned around to walk away he tripped over a step on the floor and hit his knee.
09/16/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was feeding the plant with the loader. The feed was hard to work with -lots of stick, wet, roots - didn't want to fall. A lot of banging around and twisting and turning which caused the emplo...
08/28/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 105d restricted Employee was working on the stack sizer oversize pump discharge side when he suddenly stopped working and he was instantly in extreme pain. The employee was allowed to stop working. He said he just ne...
07/28/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Straightening a copper tube and it snapped like a toothpick - took off the top skin on my finger.
04/14/2011 MACHINERY ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE was changing cutting edge on the 966 loader. He was holding the bolt head with one hand and operating the air gun with the other. The nut grabbed onto the threads which spun the bolt and split his...
02/22/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Worker was fixing rafters on screen plant building when ladder slipped off of ceiling & fell to ground. Worker caught himself on rafter & when he let go he fell approximately 12' landing on the ladde...
01/09/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost An employee was working in the mobile equipment shop and had mobile equipment running while the garage door was closed. This is against company policy/procedure. The employee suffered minor carbon m...
11/11/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Replacing belts on primary conveyor, miss stepped, fell and injured his left arm.
11/02/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While pulling a small boat from the pond, slipped on rocks and pulled left elbow.
10/11/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Up on feed box getting rock out, slipped and cut pointer finger on sliding door.
09/18/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None There was mud on the handrail on top deck of loader, slipped off the top of the loader and landed on left leg and butt.
09/13/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Pipe swung out and hit him in the head. The pipe caused a cut in his head.
05/03/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Tightening loose bolts on grizzly hopper using two wrenches. One slipped and hit employees nose.
02/26/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was inspecting a propane tank on our man lift. When reinstalling the propane tank, he gave a sudden push with both arms extended outward and strained his neck. He has a sore neck from this i...
09/19/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was lifting a section of pipe and felt a pain in his back. He said that he was fine and it didn't hurt again until a couple of days later.
05/20/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost Employee was stepping down off of water truck, slipped off the step and sprained his left ankle.