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POWERED HAULAGE

220060750026 · 03/04/2006 · Hecla Limited

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Truck driver
Activity
Haulage or Dump truck
Injury source
HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost
96
Mine experience
0.1 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Hecla Mining Company
Operator
Hecla Limited
Mine
1000088

Narrative

Employee was driving an empty haul truck & hit a bump in the road, which bounced his hard hat off. He reached for the hard hat & his arm got pinched between the truck & the rib wall. The injuries to his arm were a severe avulsion of the forearm & fracture above the wrist. Seven days after the incident his hand had to be amputated above the wrist.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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