HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Northern Star (Pogo) LLC
Start: 10/08/2023

220232860020 · 10/08/2023 · Northern Star (Pogo) LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: ARM,NEC
Days lost: 14
Mine experience: 8.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Northern Star Resources Ltd
Operator: Northern Star (Pogo) LLC
Mine: 5001642

Narrative

The injured employee was placing a panel of mesh on the rib. The mesh began falling towards the employee and employee placed right arm up to stop the wire. The weight of the mesh pulled employee's arm back causing injury to the upper arm.

Source

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