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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220253640008 · 12/14/2025 · Hecla Limited

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Miner, NEC
Activity
Bar down, Includes scaling
Injury source
CROWBAR,PRY BAR
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
UPPER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE
Days lost
15
Mine experience
1.71 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Hecla Mining Company
Operator
Hecla Limited
Mine
1000088

Narrative

Miner was scaling with a scaling bar and a rock fell onto the scaling bar and the weight of the rock resulted in downward momentum of the bar and the employee pinched their right hand between the scaling bar and the mine floor resulting in a fractured pinky finger and metacarpal.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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