HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Echo Bay Minerals Company
Start: 01/13/2017

220170180014 · 01/13/2017 · Echo Bay Minerals Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: BRICK,CERAMIC
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 3.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Kinross Gold Corp
Operator: Echo Bay Minerals Company
Mine: 4503283

Narrative

Employee was using a guide rod to align the bolt hole on a liner prior to final placement. Employee had placed their right hand on the liner to assist with guiding the liner. When the liner was going into place between the other liner, the employee hand remained on the liner and was caught between two liners causing the right proximal phalange to break near the upper knuckle.

Source

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