EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Name: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE at Gold Resources L L C
Start: 11/08/2007

220073170115 · 11/08/2007 · Gold Resources L L C

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Move non-self-propelled equip
Injury source: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 1.4 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Jeffrey A Goldizen
Operator: Gold Resources L L C
Mine: 4607085

Narrative

The powerscreen was being raised and EE had ahold of the stabiilizer leg while the machine was being raised with the hydraulic control. The hydraulic hose blew and the machine fell. EE's finger got pinched between the stabilizer leg and the main frame. It was amputated between the 1st and 2nd joint of the left middle finger.

Source

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