HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Freeport-McMoRan Cobre Mining Company
Start: 08/14/2003

220032370053 · 08/14/2003 · Freeport-McMoRan Cobre Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: WRENCH
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 5
Mine experience: 0.13 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Phelps Dodge Corp
Operator: Freeport-McMoRan Cobre Mining Company
Mine: 2900725

Narrative

EE WAS HOLDING A WRENCH ON A BOLT ON ONE SIDE OF A FLOAT BRACKET, OTHER EE WAS HOLDING A WRENCH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRACKET. OTHER EE PULLED TO TRY TO LOOSEN THE BOLT, WHEN IT PULLED HIS WRENCH AROUND, PINCHING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND THE BRACKET.

Source

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