HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Teck Cominco American Inc
Start: 08/05/2006

220062430017 · 08/05/2006 · Teck Cominco American Inc

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion NEC
Occupation: Drill helper
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: UPPER ARM/HUMERUS
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.21 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee laid a full core tube on a make-shift tube holder. The tube began to fall. The employee tried to catch it. As he grabbed it he felt a pain in his right bicep tendon. Employee was not using the proper tube holder.

Source

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