HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Echo Bay Minerals Company
Start: 12/20/2001

220020150038 · 12/20/2001 · Echo Bay Minerals Company

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: Backhoe operator, Trackhoe operator, Crane operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 13 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Echo Bay Mines Ltd
Operator: Echo Bay Minerals Company
Mine: 2601925

Narrative

EE SLAMMED THE END OF HIS RIGHT THUMB IN A COMPARTMENT DOOR. HE FELT THAT IT WAS O.K. ON JAN. 7,2002 HE CAME INTO THE SAFETY DEPT. BECAUSE HIS THUMB WAS NOT HEALING WELL. HE WAS TAKEN IN FOR X -RAYS WHICH REVEALED A FRACTURE ON THE TIP. HE WAS PLACED ON ANTIBIOTICS TO REDUCE INFECTION RISK.

Source

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