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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220253170054 · 09/06/2025 · Teck Alaska Inc

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
1.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Teck Resources Limited
Operator
Teck Alaska Inc
Mine
5001545

Narrative

At the beginning of dayshift grinding operator reported an injury that occurred before getting off work on 9/6/25. The grinding operator was trying to unsand a sump pump pipe in 2004 by hammering on it with a mallet. When swinging at the pipe, the operator smashed EE's right ring finger on an angle iron fracturing it

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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