HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Teck Cominco American Inc
Start: 03/01/2005

220050730024 · 03/01/2005 · Teck Cominco American Inc

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Ledgeman/hand, Quarry man
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: BOILR,PRES VSL,AIR HOS,OX
Nature of injury: SCRATCH,ABRASION,SUPERFCL
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 3
Mine experience: 1.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Teck Resources Limited
Operator: Teck Cominco American Inc
Mine: 4500366

Narrative

EE WAS INJURED AS EE AND PARTNER WERE ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A SECOND PUMP INTO A WATER SUMP. INJURY OCCURRED WHEN EE MISTAKENLY DISCONNECTED AN AIR LINE INSTEAD OF WATER LINE. AIR LINE HAD BEEN SHUT OFF, BUT THE RESIDUAL AIR PRESSURE INSIDE RELEASED STRIKING THE EE ON FACE AND ARM

Source

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