HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company
Start: 04/04/2000

220001080163 · 04/04/2000 · Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: HOISTING APPARATUS,NEC
Nature of injury: CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Rio Tinto Group
Operator: Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company
Mine: 5001267

Narrative

WORKER WAS LOWERING A PUMP INTO A SUMP WITH A SMALL HAND OPERATED WINCH. HIS HAND SLIPPED AND WINCH BEGAN TO FREE-WHEEL DOWN . HE REACHED OUT TO GRAB THE WINCH HANDLE AND MISSED. HANDLE CAME A ROUND STRIKING HAND HARD.

Source

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