HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Stillwater Mining Company
Start: 03/08/2024

220240740018 · 03/08/2024 · Stillwater Mining Company

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: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Handling coal, Rock, Ore
Injury source: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 39
Mine experience: 5.21 years

Operator

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

Narrative

EE was attempting to move a rock that had fallen off one of the rail cars that had just been loaded when the rock slipped out of their grip resulting in the rock to fall back against the rail car pinching EE's left ring finger between the rock & the rail car. Restrictions were issued at the ER for fracture and amputation of finger tip.

Source

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