HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Homestake Mining Company of California
Start: 09/21/2005

220052730002 · 09/21/2005 · Homestake Mining Company of California

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Pumper
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: WRENCH
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.25 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Barrick Gold Corp
Operator: Homestake Mining Company of California
Mine: 3900055

Narrative

He was tightening a 2"" valve and steel pipe into a 2"" plastic fitting with a pipe wrench on top of a concrete hopper. A glue joint in the plastic fittings failed. The pushing action carried the pipe wrench forward and into the 1/8"" steel of the hopper. The action of the pipe wrench caught the employee's little finger on his left hand.

Source

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