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HOISTING

220051010025 · 03/31/2005 · Oak Grove Resources LLC

Details

Degree of injury
ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification
HOISTING
Accident type
Accident type, without injuries
Occupation
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Activity
—
Injury source
—
Nature of injury
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Body part
—
Days lost
0
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Questor Management Company LLC; Benjamin M Statler
Operator
Oak Grove Resources LLC
Mine
0100851

Narrative

The mine slope belt motors stopped due to power failure. The brake on the slope belt failed to engage allowing the slope belt to run backward. This caused the fluid couplings to rotate backward. The fluid couplings failed and blew apart.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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