HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Stillwater Mining Company
Start: 02/28/2014

220140660028 · 02/28/2014 · Stillwater Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck against stationary object
Occupation: Diamond drill operator, Core driller, Exploration driller, Longhole driller, Prospect driller
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 2.06 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Stillwater Mining Company
Operator: Stillwater Mining Company
Mine: 2401879

Narrative

Employee was removing a 6"" bit and 4' drill rod from the drill feed on an up hole. When the employee lifted the bit and rod from the feed, he lost grip of the rod and forced his hand into the side of the drill feed causing a boxer fracture on his right hand.

Source

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