MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Kennecott Ridgeway Mining Company
Start: 08/14/2000

220002420033 · 08/14/2000 · Kennecott Ridgeway Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Hand tools (powered)
Injury source: DRIL-PRCUSV,HRD ROC,JKHMR
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 10.76 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Rio Tinto Group
Operator: Kennecott Ridgeway Mining Company
Mine: 3800626

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO HOLD UP A JACKHAMMER DRIVING 2"" BOLTS THROUGH THE SAE MILL LINER. HE HAD POSITIONED HIS RIGHT THUMB IN FRONT OF THE JACKHAMMER BOLT; WHEN THE HAMMERING BEGAN, THE BOLT GAVE WAY SUDDENLY CAUSING THE HAMMER STEEL TO ENTER THE BOLTHOLE AND CATCH HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE MACHINE AND THE MILL LINER. INJURY RESULTED IN FRACTURE TO TIP OF RIGHT THUMB; SUTURES OF NAIL

Source

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