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HOISTING

220113340027 · 11/20/2011 · Nyrstar Tennessee Mines, Strawberry Plains LLC

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
0
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Nyrstar NV
Operator
Nyrstar Tennessee Mines, Strawberry Plains LLC
Mine
4000168

Narrative

A haulage truck inadvertantly raised the bed into dump position in a low back area mashing the high voltage cable, thus causing a power loss to the 85-15 area of the mine and ths resulted in loss of power to the man cage. MSHA was notified and the mine was evacuated until power was restored to the man cage approximatley two hours later.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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