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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220262580011 · 09/14/2026 · U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Struck by flying object
Occupation
Master mechanic, Foreman, Supervisor
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
MOUTH/LIP/TEETH/TONGUE/THROAT/TASTE
Days lost
0
Mine experience
20 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Americas Gold and Silver Corporation
Operator
U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc.
Mine
1000082

Narrative

2 supervisors were cleaning rock off of the grizzly to help their crew. When 1 of them struck a boulder with a sledgehammer causing a fragment to shoot into the other miners' lip causing a laceration that required 7 stitches.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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