# HOISTING
> MSHA accident `220120790045` · 03/15/2012 · 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:** 0
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** U S Silver Corporation
- **Operator:** U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc.
- **Mine:** [1000082](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1000082)
## Narrative

The hoistman had been hoisting very sticky material which caused him to pump the hoist brakes to dislodge it from the skip. The over use of the brakes caused an unbalanced condition in the hydraulic accumulator which in turn caused a safety mechanism in the hoist to start setting the brake resulting in a hot smell. Because of this odor we shut the hoist down until it was checked

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