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HOISTING

220123070007 · 10/31/2012 · 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
3301993

Narrative

During the weekly shaft inspection of the production hoist power was lost to the mine at approximately 4:45 AM. An off-site power line was knocked down during a storm resulting in the mine losing power. Two Miners were in the shaft performing the inspection during the outage. The local power company restored power at 8:30 AM and the miners safely exited the mine with no injuries.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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