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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220200410014 · 02/04/2020 · Stillwater Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Superintendent
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
CHAIN,ROPE,CABLE-NT CONVY
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
HEAD,NEC
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.31 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Sibanye Stillwater Limited
Operator
Stillwater Mining Company
Mine
2401490

Narrative

A miners was pulling a rope attached to 9/16 inch wire cable through a 2 inch drill hole that intersected the bottom of a raise. Another miner was feeding the cable by hand through the hole above their head. When the Rope intersected the drill hole and the raise the rope broke. The cable fell back down the hole striking the miner that was feeding the cable in the head.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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