United States Steel Corp-Minnesota Ore Operations safety activity

Picked up a 2x9x18 nihard liner weighing approximately weight 96lbs. Liner slid out of employee's hand hitting right little toe.

While crossing the pipelines, the employee tripped over a pump cable running from the substation to the switchgear. Due to the operational setup and required location of the cable, it could not be permanently secured or removed from the area. The employee rolled their right ankle, heard a popping sound, experienced pain running up the leg, and fell to the ground.

While removing a 2.5-inch flange-connected valve, residual water in the line discharged under unexpected pressure after bolts were loosened. Employee descended scaffold while being sprayed with water. Upon reaching the ground, employee slipped on the wet surface and fell onto the concrete floor, impacting the left shoulder which resulted in a dislocation and fracture.

A pin was being inserted into a crusher ram. One employee tapped the pin with a hammer while the hybrid (injured) held the ram in place. After two taps, the ram had slipped, pinching the hybrid's right pinky finger between the ram and pedestal causing a laceration requiring sutures to close.

Employee was cutting the horizontal flange of an 8" I-beam off to make a T-beam. After making the final cut on the beam, a piece 8" wide x 12' approximately 250lbs. fell striking the employees left foot.

EE was using a utility knife to remove banding from some packaged material. EE was cutting towards self when EE slipped and cut EE's cheek with the knife. this resulted in sutures.

EE was moving a section of 6 inch channel iron that was being used on a conveyor repair. as EE was moving the channel iron EE pinched the tip of EE's right ring finger between the channel and section of handrail. this resulted in sutures on the tip of EE's finger.