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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220072910015 · 10/16/2007 · BHP Copper Inc

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Outside foreman, Leadman
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
11 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd
Operator
BHP Copper Inc
Mine
0201049

Narrative

The employee was trying to move a four inch check valve off a slope. He pulled the valve to him and when the valve broke free his thumb was smashed between the valve and a large rock. The valve weighed around thirty pounds.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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