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HOISTING

220122540013 · 08/27/2012 · Morton Salt 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 (parent)
K+S Aktiengesellschaft
Operator
Morton Salt Inc
Mine
1600970

Narrative

West skip was going down the shaft with the hoist running in automatic.The hoist tripped on overspeed.When hoist tripped off the hoist brakes set causing the W. skip to bounce setting the safety dogs. The hoist operator did not follow policy and cont. up with the skip to the dump. This caused the W. hoist rope to spool off and become entangled on the W. skip.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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