HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company
Start: 04/30/2011

220111230015 · 04/30/2011 · Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Section foreman, Bullgang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Shift boss
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: CROWBAR,PRY BAR
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FACE, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost: 16
Mine experience: 0.29 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Hecla Mining Company
Operator: Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company
Mine: 5001267

Narrative

Employee was transporting HDPE pipe on a Boom Truck. He stopped to re-secure the load which was tied down with a chain binder. As he was retightening the load the cheater bar slipped off the chain binder handle and he was struck in the face resulting in a fractured mandible (rt side)

Source

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