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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220222790002 · 10/01/2022 · Golden Queen Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity
Chute, Pull or free
Injury source
CROWBAR,PRY BAR
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Golden Queen Mining Company Ltd; Gauss LLC
Operator
Golden Queen Mining Company
Mine
0405319

Narrative

While attempting to clear a material jam in the cone crusher with a small pin bar the employee's momentum carried their hand too close to a fixed object as the bar sank into the material. The employee smashed their finger between the pin bar and the frame of a hatch door to the cone crusher. The employee failed to use the proper and required tool for the job.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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