HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Evergreen Mining Company
Start: 02/15/2000

220000560002 · 02/15/2000 · Evergreen Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Ingestion of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Occupation: Blaster, Shooter, Shotfirer, Explosive worker, Powder gang/monkey
Activity: Handling explosives
Injury source: CHEMICALS,CHEM COMP,NEC
Nature of injury: POISONING,SYSTEMIC
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated
Operator: Evergreen Mining Company
Mine: 4607945

Narrative

EE WAS CUTTING OPEN EMULSION BAGS & PLACING THE MIXTURE IN BLAST HOLES. DURING THIS PROCESS, SOME OF THE EMULSION SPLASHED UP & WENT IN HIS OPEN MOUTH. HE SPIT MOST OF THE MIXTURE OUT EXCEPT F OR ABOUT 1/2 TEASPOON. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, HE GOT NAUSEOUS & COMPLAINED OF A HEADACHE. HE & THE MSDS SHEET WAS SENT TO CLINIC WHERE HE WAS GIVEN A SHOT FOR HIS HEADACHE.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown