HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Veris Gold U.S.A., Inc.
Start: 01/23/2013

220130250022 · 01/23/2013 · Veris Gold U.S.A., Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Drill helper
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Veris Gold Corp.
Operator: Veris Gold U.S.A., Inc.
Mine: 2602299

Narrative

The employee was trying to get the locking coupler on the core tube latch-head unstuck, when his hand slipped down the drill rod causing his right thumb to stick between the drill rod and the core tube.

Source

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