# HOISTING
> MSHA accident `220040580004` · 02/23/2004 · U.S. Silver-Idaho, 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:** Coeur Mining, Inc.
- **Operator:** U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc.
- **Mine:** [1000082](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1000082)
## Narrative

AT APPROX. 11:30 AM THE #3 SHAFT HOIST MAN NOTIFIED HIS SUPERVISOR THAT THE HOIST HAD KICKED OUT DUE TO THE OVERLOADING OF WET/SLOPPY MUCK FROM THE 5500 POCKET. STENCH WAS INJECTED INTO THE M INE AND THE MINERS WERE INSTRUCTED TO STAND DOWN...THE #1 SIDE WAS THE PROBLEM AND COUNTER WEIGHT WAS PUT ON THE #2 SIDE TO EQUAL OUT THE WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION...THE #1 SIDE WAS HOISTED & DUMPED

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