# HOISTING
> MSHA accident `220011490059` · 05/17/2001 · Independence Coal Company Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** ACCIDENT ONLY
- **Classification:** HOISTING
- **Accident type:** Accident type, without injuries
- **Occupation:** —
- **Activity:** —
- **Injury source:** —
- **Nature of injury:** —
- **Body part:** —
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Independence Coal Company Inc
- **Mine:** [4607273](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4607273)
## Narrative

ELEVATOR AT THE JUSTICE NO 1 MINE BECAME INOPERATIVE FOR 11:15 PM TO 8:15 AM NO ONE WAS ON ELEVATOR AT TIME OF FAILURE. CAUSE OF ELEVATOR FAILURE RESULTED FROM WATER GROUND IN CONDUIT OF THE C ONTROL CABLE GOING TO THE E-STOP SWITCH AND GOING TO THE BUFFER SWITCH.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*