← MSHA accidents

HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220112910047 · 10/10/2011 · Anglogold Ashanti (Colorado) Corp

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
CRUSHING
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
59
Mine experience
0.77 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Anglogold Ltd; Golden Cycle Gold Corp
Operator
Anglogold Ashanti (Colorado) Corp
Mine
0503695

Narrative

I was working on the crusher waiting to seal unit, cleaning up unit. Pulled magnet off, assumed that the magnet was not magnetized, when I walked by the magnet with a sprocket, it pulled my hand against it and smashed my left index finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown