HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Stillwater Mining Company
Start: 04/09/2017

220171040017 · 04/09/2017 · 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: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.31 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee attempting to loosen the chuck on a cordless drill that had a hole saw bit in the drill & as EE was twisting the chuck their left hand slipped causing #2 & 3 fingers to contact the teeth of the bit resulting in lacerations. Seen by site medic, referred to the ER, 2 sutures were required, Full work release was issued making this a medical reportable.

Source

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