Mining Incidents

CalderMetal/Nonmetal

Thorne Bay, Ketchikan Gateway County, AK · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 5001639
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Dec 2014
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Miner is off-season caretaker at mine site. He was working in shop at work bench. There were various tools on the bench, one of them a 4"" angle grinder. He was attempting to clear some room on the bench and went to move the grinder. It came in contact with some other object and energized the grinder, pulling his right thumb into the guard on the grinder and cutting his thumb.