HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Veris Gold U.S.A., Inc.
Start: 12/05/2013

220133470012 · 12/05/2013 · 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: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: BLOCKING
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 1.5 years

Operator

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

Narrative

While completing a vehicle pre-op on haul truck, miner was attempting to loosen a frozen chock from the wheel. Chock came loose & smashed left index finger between chock an pump cylinder of the truck.

Source

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