HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Placer Dome U. S. Inc.
Start: 08/07/2003

220032260040 · 08/07/2003 · Placer Dome U. S. Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Welder (shop)
Activity: Move non-self-propelled equip
Injury source: SCAFFOLDS,STAGING,ETC
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 0.01 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Placer Dome Ltd
Operator: Placer Dome U. S. Inc.
Mine: 2601842

Narrative

3 MEN WERE ASSIGNED TO REMOVE A CATWALK FROM THE CRUSHER AREA. CATWALK HAD BEEN REMOVED & WAS BEING LOWERED TO GROUND WITH A CRANE. CATWALK BECAME UNSTABLE & CONTACTED EE'S HAND PINCHING IT BE TWEEN THE CATWALK & THE CRUSHER. EE HAD PLACED HIS HAND IN AN UNSAFE MANNER WHICH RESULTED IN HIS INDEX FINGER BEING PINCHED BETWEEN THE CATWALK & THE CRUSHER. THIS RESULTED IN 8 STITCHES.

Source

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