FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Stillwater Mining Company
Start: 06/22/2023

220231810020 · 06/22/2023 · Stillwater Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Bar down, Includes scaling
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 51
Mine experience: 5.62 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Sibanye Stillwater Limited
Operator: Stillwater Mining Company
Mine: 2401490

Narrative

Employee was scaling down a work area when one of the rocks EE brought down contacted EE's left hand resulting in injury. Seen by site medic referred to ER, x-rays were positive for a fracture to the left middle finger.

Source

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