HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Empire State Mines LLC
Start: 07/14/2021

220212010015 · 07/14/2021 · Empire State Mines LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost: 5
Mine experience: 8.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Augusta Group Company
Operator: Empire State Mines LLC
Mine: 3001185

Narrative

Miner was drilling when the striker bar broke inside the drifter. The miner used a hammer to try and free it, the coupler was struck with the hammer causing a sliver of metal to come off and embedded in miner's left forearm just above the wrist.

Source

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