HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Rio Grande Silver, Inc.
Start: 10/05/2012

220122850025 · 10/05/2012 · Rio Grande Silver, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck against stationary object
Occupation: Drill helper
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: WRIST
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Hecla Mining Company
Operator: Rio Grande Silver, Inc.
Mine: 0504191

Narrative

Employee was re-assembling a core tube, when he was inserting the second piece of the the split tube it was unusually tight fitting. Employee then tried to push the split in with his right hand while wearing wet gloves. His hand slipped and his right wrist struck the edge of the split tube causing a laceration to the wrist.

Source

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