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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220001570087 · 05/09/2000 · Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation
Backhoe operator, Trackhoe operator, Crane operator
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost
—
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Rio Tinto Group
Operator
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation
Mine
4200717

Narrative

WHILE CLOSING A FLUSH VALVE, A STAINLESS STEEL TAG (HANGING FROM A FLOW-METER ABOVE THE VALVE) BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND AND THE FLOWMETER. THE TAG CUT THRU HIS GLOVE ABD CUT THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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