EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Name: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE at Teck Washington Incorporated
Start: 03/26/2019

220190920009 · 03/26/2019 · Teck Washington Incorporated

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 4
Mine experience: 2 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Teck Resources Limited
Operator: Teck Washington Incorporated
Mine: 4500366

Narrative

Employee was working on a plugged discharge line that was plugged between a check valve and 4 to 2 inch reducer when they took the vic apart it struck them in the hand cutting their hand open between the pinky and ring finger.

Source

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