HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Western Mesquite Mines, Inc.
Start: 09/06/2023

220232500003 · 09/06/2023 · Western Mesquite Mines, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
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: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 3.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Equinox Gold
Operator: Western Mesquite Mines, Inc.
Mine: 0404614

Narrative

Mechanic needed help on the new CMV strip tank, so the employee offered to help, as they were setting the 3'' stainless steel pipe in place to bolt it down, the pipe moved and got the operator's left thumb in a pinch point and smashed it between the 3'' stainless steel pipe that they were setting in place and an existing pipe that was there on the way.

Source

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