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HOISTING

220162350012 · 08/21/2016 · Pocahontas Coal Company LLC

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)
Metinvest B V
Operator
Pocahontas Coal Company LLC
Mine
4608878

Narrative

Employee was testing the emergency hoist when the hoist went down for a gate switch fault. All employees were evacuated immediately and no persons were trapped or injured. The hoist was back up and running at 5:00 p.m. on 8-21-16

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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