HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Newmont Midas Operations
Start: 10/02/2004

220042820056 · 10/02/2004 · Newmont Midas Operations

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 1.37 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Newmont Corporation
Operator: Newmont Midas Operations
Mine: 2602314

Narrative

Ee was attempting to remove brake cover from 40 ton truck. He removed all bolts but 2. He supported cover on his knee then removed last 2 bolts. He put his hand on inner side of ring & moved his knee. When he moved his knee the ring fell thus smashing his left hand between ring & spindle. Resulting in broken middle finger & ring finger. Middle finger also required 8 stitches.

Source

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