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HOISTING

220152110003 · 07/23/2015 · 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
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
K+S Aktiengesellschaft
Operator
Morton Salt Inc
Mine
4101776

Narrative

Plant Wide power outage because transformers caught on fire. Miners were evacuated at 11:55 a.m., MSHA was notified, transformers were repaired then tested and the miners returned underground at 11:00 p.m.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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