HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Western Mesquite Mines, Inc.
Start: 11/12/2020

220203220009 · 11/12/2020 · Western Mesquite Mines, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Belt foreman, Maintenance foreman, Maintenance supervisor
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 13 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Equinox Gold
Operator: Western Mesquite Mines, Inc.
Mine: 0404614

Narrative

While changing/flipping cutting edges on dozer 605, employee was adjusting cutting edges with prybars on floor. While attempting to turn, prybar slipped and cutting edge dropped down catching finger tip between cutting edge and cement. Was taken into hospital and received stitches.

Source

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