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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220251430019 · 05/16/2025 · Haile Gold Mine Inc

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Rotary bucket excavator operator
Activity
Handling coal, Rock, Ore
Injury source
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.81 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
OceanaGold Corporation
Operator
Haile Gold Mine Inc
Mine
3800600

Narrative

Employee was loading a rock crusher with excavator and noticed crusher was jammed. The foreman turned crusher off, and operator waited for the machine to stop. Then, tried to adjust the jammed rocks with their hands. The employee used smaller rocks to push on the larger rock to try to free it. The larger rock(s) shifted and employee's hand was caught between crusher frame and rock.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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