HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Echo Bay Minerals Company
Start: 05/17/2001

220011490161 · 05/17/2001 · Echo Bay Minerals Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Over-exertion NEC
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: HAND TOOLS,NONPOWERED,NEC
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 6 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Echo Bay Mines Ltd
Operator: Echo Bay Minerals Company
Mine: 4503336

Narrative

THE EE WAS USING BOLT CUTTERS TO CUT A PIECE OF CHAIN FROM AN AWKWARD POSITION. HE BRACED ONE HANDLE OF THE BOLT CUTTERS AGAINST HIS CHEST AND PULLED THE OTHER HANDLE TOWARDS HIM. HE FELT A ""P OP"" IN HIS CHEST AREA. THE DR. DIAGNOSED A SOFT TISSUE INJURY IN HIS CHEST AREA AND PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY WITH A FOLLOWUP APPT. ON 6-1-01.

Source

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