Mesabi Nugget Delaware, LLC — Accidents

Total: 72 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/15/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 15d restricted Employee was heating some bent steps on an excavator and attempting to bend them back into place with a 5' pry bar. The pry bar slipped and the employee stepped back with left leg which twisted and fi...
02/28/2015 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 16d restricted Employee was pushing a wheel-barrow to clean under the dryer screws in area 200 and hit her head on the low hanging screw causing neck strain.
01/30/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 41d lost, 668d restricted Employee stepping out of their truck and stepped on a frozen chunk of material that had likely fallen from a wheel well off another vehicle. Employees foot slipped and employee fell out of the vehicl...
01/06/2015 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 24d restricted Employee air lancing in the bottom of a bin with the lance against the wall. A chunk fell off the wall landing on the air lance causing the other end the employee was holding to bounce up and hit empl...
01/02/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 26d restricted Employee was operating a Vermeer ride-on Dingo doing clean up when she backed into an overflow pipe from TK-1400. She was caught between the overflow pipe and the Dingo. This caused low back pain and...
12/19/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 123d restricted Employee stepped onto a sloped walkway and twisted her left knee causing damage to her MCL and ACL. Employee worked normally scheduled shifts until she sought medical treatment on December 31, 2014, a...
12/10/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 110d lost SUBCONTRACTOR LANDED ON CONCRETE GRADE WHEN HE STEPPED THROUGH THE 42"" SQUARE OPENING IN THE PLATFORM HE WAS PREPARING TO COVER. HE LANDED ON HIS BACK AND SHOULDER. HE SUFFERED A BROKEN COLLARBONE,...
10/30/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost 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...
10/13/2014 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was climbing a fixed ladder to an elevated work platform. At the top of the ladder, when the employee stepped off the ladder, he hit his hard hat on a low clearance beam causing neck strain.
07/30/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted 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 m...
07/29/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None 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...
07/27/2014 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was working in area 3100 doing normal job; he did not notice any discomfort until he was on his way home from his shift on the next morning. There is no specific incident that occurred which...
07/22/2014 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None There is no specific incident that can be pinpointed as to the cause of getting foreign body in eyes. Employee noticed discomfort in his eyes and after attempting to flush eyes, the discomfort persis...
07/10/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was spraying Zep 45 lubricant on a sticky valve when the spray defected under his safety glasses into his eye.
07/09/2014 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost A cloud of dust was sent airborne by a gust of wind. Dust entered eyes of employee.
06/13/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 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 no...
06/06/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was wrapping a come-along around a pipe and the hook came around and hit the employee in the mouth and nose. Result was a bruise and a couple of lose teeth which were expected to tighten aft...
06/03/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Laying brick on the ceiling in Zone 8, another bricklayer tapped the brick next to him and brick mortar went in eye. Employee had his safety glasses on at the time of incident. His left eye became red...
06/02/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Injured was pulling on 5 ft pry bar to align conveyor frame for final placement, Bar slipped from steel causing him to lose control of the tool which then struck the employee on the outside of left k...
05/14/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Foreign body in the right eye while pulling bags from the limestone baghouse resulting in a corneal scratch
04/24/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 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...
04/22/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted 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 for...
02/28/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Rough terrain and speed while moving material employee hit bump while running skidloader and jarred shoulder and neck
12/27/2013 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None There was a plugged condition in the discharge area of the Rotary Hearth Furnace which we believe resulted in uncontrolled combustion of CO. There were no injuries and no damage to equipment. This d...
12/12/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 51d restricted 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.
12/10/2013 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A 24 volt breaker tripped, resulting in a couple of small CO combustions. There were no injuries and no damage. This does not constitute an admission that an ignition occurred. This report is file...
11/09/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee cutting open a tube of caulk with a utility knife and punctured his right thumb requiring sutures.
11/08/2013 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee had been in the restricted area of 50% sodium hydroxide solution to turn the caustic system on. Employee was wearing all his PPE while in restricted area. He completed his task and left the...
10/31/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Dark dirty area. Knife slipped while cutting a zip-tie.
10/27/2013 STRIKING OR BUMPING DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 7d restricted Employee walking under a low screw trough under dryers in area 200 and stood up too soon bumping head on the low trough. Employee has concussion and neck strain.
10/14/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted 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
09/18/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 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 re...
09/10/2013 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Individual was working indoors setting structural steel components. Work area was hot and humid due to elevated weather conditions and heat producing operations in work area.
08/09/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost 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.
08/04/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost EE powered down the screening plant, while standing along side machine the plant vibrated one additional time causing a rock to fall off the top of the screen striking EE on the upper back. EE cont. t...
07/13/2013 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None Between 8:00 p.m. and 12:a.m. Appears to have been an electrical fire that started in the electrical junction box. Damage to locker and meeting rooms. Smoke damage to entire trailer and contents.
05/08/2013 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Dryer bed had stopped while hot dryer air continued to be introduced to dryer. Over time, pellets completely dried, overheated, & started on fire. Program/Equipment was inadequate for situation. When...
04/15/2013 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted Employee noticed irritation in his left eye on the date indicated above. He sought medical treatment for watering, red, sore left eye on Wednesday April 17, 2013. Employee had been working in areas 3...
04/14/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost 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...
04/11/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee swinging hammer in tight space around locked out screw conveyor. Employee got his finger caught between a flight on the screw conveyor and the hammer. Employee received a cut on his right i...
04/11/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 13d lost, 34d restricted 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...
02/23/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted 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 t...
01/16/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 4d restricted 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 thro...
01/16/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 27d lost, 8d restricted 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 thro...
01/16/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost 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 thro...
12/12/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 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 i...
09/10/2012 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None It is believed that a combustible gas mixture ignited upon reaching the flue of the RHF causing the vents to relieve as designed. There were no injuries or damage to equipment. All safety precautions...
09/07/2012 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Air was found cross-tied with nitrogen feeding the cooler. During a ramp down of production, it is believed that air mixed with combustible gases caused sufficient pressure to open the relief door on...
06/28/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None dust and wind
06/26/2012 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While inspecting area, wind blew dust into employee's eyes causing irritation.