HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Stillwater Mining Company
Start: 01/29/2022

220220320017 · 01/29/2022 · Stillwater Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.13 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Sibanye Stillwater Limited
Operator: Stillwater Mining Company
Mine: 2401879

Narrative

IE was manually adding an HM38 drill rod to the shank. EE knocked it against the drill to remove mud in the end and smashed the right ring finger between the drill rod and the drill resulting in a fractured fingertip (tuft) and open wound.

Source

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