HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Cortez Joint Venture
Start: 12/23/2010

220110060027 · 12/23/2010 · Cortez Joint Venture

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: WRIST
Days lost: 21
Mine experience: 3.83 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Barrick Gold Corp
Operator: Cortez Joint Venture
Mine: 2600827

Narrative

While fixing liner in SAG mill, employee's right hand pinched between the liner handler and the SAG mill trunion. Xrays at ER showed right wrist fracture and employee referred to ortho. In a short cast and off work.

Source

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