HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Veris Gold U.S.A., Inc.
Start: 12/21/2011

220120090008 · 12/21/2011 · Veris Gold U.S.A., Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Welder (shop)
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Veris Gold Corp.
Operator: Veris Gold U.S.A., Inc.
Mine: 2601621

Narrative

Assisting a rig welder, employee was operating a forklift while the welder was cutting off random lengths off of the transition (cap for the hood). Employee placed his foot on flange and as he released the flange the flange struck his fingers and caused a laceration.

Source

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