HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc.
Start: 03/22/2023

220230890016 · 03/22/2023 · U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Handling timber
Injury source: POST,CAPS,HEADERS,TIMBER
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 9
Mine experience: 5.73 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Americas Gold and Silver Corporation
Operator: U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc.
Mine: 1000082

Narrative

A miner and partner were moving a 10""X10"" cap. As they were setting the cap in place one of the miners caught the tip of left index finger. The tip of the finger was de-gloved. Surgery was preformed the following day. Amputation to the first knuckle was required.

Source

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