HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Rio Tinto Kennecott Copper
Start: 11/08/2007

220073170011 · 11/08/2007 · Rio Tinto Kennecott Copper

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Hang or reposition tubing
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HEAD,NEC
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.31 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Rio Tinto Group
Operator: Rio Tinto Kennecott Copper
Mine: 4201996

Narrative

Employee was removing old fire suppression piping from cooling tower #1 at Kennecott Utah Copper Power Plant. The pipe bounced when coworker pulled on it striking employee above left eye. The result was a laceration requiring 5 stitches.

Source

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