EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING A PIECE OF 4 INCH X 4 INCH LUMBER, USING A HAND HELD CIRCULAR SAW. HE HAD TO CUT TWICE TO SEPARATE PIECES. HE WAS HOLDING THE 4X4 WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND WAS MAKING 2ND CUT WHEN THE SAW C5UGHT, JUMPED AND ROTATING BLADE COME DOWN ON HIS LEFT THUMB AND FOREFINGER, SEVERLY MANGELING SAME.
Torcal Mill Metal/Non-Metal
Torcal Resources Inc
· Facility
Controlled by
Torcal Resources Limited
Humboldt County,
NV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2601945
MSHA record for Torcal Mill (mine ID 2601945). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1986
- Latest incident
- Jun 1986
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1986 · 2 incidents
June 22, 1986
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant
MACHINERY
Torcal Resources Inc · Struck by powered moving object
March 23, 1986
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Torcal Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
SHOVELING UNDER3JAW CRUSHER, ROCK FELL OFF OF FEED CONVEYOR, MASHED RIGHT RING FINGER, BETWEEN ROCK AND SHOVEL HANDLE.
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