Employee was re-assembling a core tube, when he was inserting the second piece of the the split tube it was unusually tight fitting. Employee then tried to push the split in with his right hand while wearing wet gloves. His hand slipped and his right wrist struck the edge of the split tube causing a laceration to the wrist.
Equity MineMetal/Nonmetal
Rio Grande Silver, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Hecla Mining Company
Creede, Mineral County, CO · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504191
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2012
- Latest incident
- Oct 2012
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2012 · 3 incidents
Struck against stationary object
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
The driller was assisting his helper to lower a tube. Driller slipped and stuck his hand out to catch himself. He caught the ring finger on his left hand. It cut just a little less than a quarter inch of the finger off.
Fall to the walkway or working surface
Employee was carrying a cooler with 4 one gal water samples into the office wearing felt soled waders. He slipped and fell on his back onto the concrete floor. He suffered a contusion of the back with pain of 7/10 and stiffness for several days. He was restricted to lifting no more than 10lbs for 4 days. There was no lost time due to injury.