HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Stillwater Mining Company
Start: 05/03/2014

220141340025 · 05/03/2014 · Stillwater Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
Nature of injury: DUST IN EYES
Body part: EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost: 6
Mine experience: 15.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Stillwater Mining Company
Operator: Stillwater Mining Company
Mine: 2401490

Narrative

Employee stated he de-energized the compressed airline but had not bled off the pressure & was exposed to brief high pressure release when he was removing the valve in airline. Received foreign body into Right eye.

Source

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