HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Barrick Turquoise Ridge, Inc.
Start: 03/05/2008

220080700019 · 03/05/2008 · Barrick Turquoise Ridge, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Mechanic helper
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: WRENCH
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: EAR(S) EXTERNAL
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.04 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Barrick Gold Corp
Operator: Barrick Turquoise Ridge, Inc.
Mine: 2602286

Narrative

They were breaking the joint on a water swivel and employee used a hammer to strike the pipe wrench to break the joint. When he hit the pipe wrench the pipe wrench came up and grazed EE's left ear. EE received 5 stitches on the top of his left ear.

Source

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