MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Comstock Mining LLC
Start: 05/14/2014

220141350001 · 05/14/2014 · Comstock Mining LLC

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Occupation: Utility man, Shift tech, Service/Dump truck operator
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: MACHINE-MILL,CLEANING PLT
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 2.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Comstock Mining Inc
Operator: Comstock Mining LLC
Mine: 2601871

Narrative

The employee was cleaning the rotary vane valve unit on a bag house discharge. The employee placed his hand into the vane valve housing, at which time the unit activated, rotated, and caught the end of a finger on his left hand, causing a crushing avulsion.

Source

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