HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Cortez Gold Mines - (J V)
Start: 08/24/2001

220012540042 · 08/24/2001 · Cortez Gold Mines - (J V)

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Drill operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: BOILR,PRES VSL,AIR HOS,OX
Nature of injury: CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part: LEG, NEC
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 3 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Placer Dome Ltd
Operator: Cortez Gold Mines - (J V)
Mine: 2600827

Narrative

EE WAS WALKING BY THE BLOWBY HOSE WHILE WATER WAS COMING OUT OF IT AFTER A NEW BIT HAD BEEN PUT ON. WAER QUIT COMING OUT AND A SMALL AMOUNT OR AIR CAME OUT LIKE TRAPPED AIR IN A WATER LINE THA T WAS TURNED ON AFTER WATER HAD BEEN SHUT OFF. THIS CAUSED HOSE TO PULL LOOSE HITTING HIM ON HIS LEFT LEG BRUISING IT.

Source

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