HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company
Start: 04/16/2004

220041170121 · 04/16/2004 · Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion NEC
Occupation: Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity: Electrical maintenance
Injury source: ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,NEC
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 96
Mine experience: 5.69 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Phelps Dodge Corp
Operator: Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company
Mine: 2900762

Narrative

EE WAS ASISTING WITH REPOSITIONING OF A HARVEST CATHODE IN THE CELL CUPBOARD. THE SUSPENSION LOOP ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE FROM THE EE FAILED OR SHIFTED. THIS CAUSED THE CATHODE TO DROP, COMPRESSING THE FIRST 2 FINGERS OF THE EE'S L. HAND BETWEEN THE SUSPENSION LOOP & THE HANGER BAR. GIVEN RESTRICTED DUTY; NEXT MORNING COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN, RETURNED TO PHYSICIAN.

Source

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