HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company
Start: 08/01/2002

220022550052 · 08/01/2002 · Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: RBR,GLS,PLSTC,FIBRGLS,FAB
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 4
Mine experience: 1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Rio Tinto Group
Operator: Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company
Mine: 5001267

Narrative

WORKER WAS REMOVING FIBERGLASS VENT LINE. SOME FIBER STRANDS PUNCTURED INTO BACK OF HAND. THE SLIVERS REMAINED IN THE HAND AND BECAME INFECTED. A MINOR SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED TO REMO VE THE SLIVERS ON AUGUST 27, 2002.

Source

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