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HOISTING

220141780034 · 06/27/2014 · 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 (parent)
U S Silver & Gold Inc
Operator
U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc.
Mine
1000082

Narrative

The primary hoist(#3)went down sometime around 1:00am due to an unknown mechanical failure. All personnel were accounted for and the secondary hoist (Galena) was still fully operational. Mine personnel found that the breaker on a 110v inverter had tripped and caused the outage. everything was reset and the hoist resumed normal operation at 2:00am. MSHA was notified at 1:20am.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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