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HANDLING OF MATERIALS
220020950041 · 03/27/2002 · Echo Bay Minerals Company
Details
Degree of injury DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity Handling supplies or material
Injury source METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost —
Mine experience 0.69 years
Operator
Controller (parent) Echo Bay Mines Ltd
Operator Echo Bay Minerals Company
Mine 2601925
Narrative WHILE REPLACING CLARIFIER LEAVES, HE CLOSED HIS THUMB INTO A PINCH POINT WHILE HE HAD HIS THUMB TRAPPED HE PULLED IT FREE. WHEN HE PULLED IT HE TORE A LITTLE LIGAMENT IN HIS THUMB. SPLINTED THUMB.
Source
Authoritative MSHA Open Government Data
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