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HOISTING

220162450040 · 08/30/2016 · Cargill Salt

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)
Cargill Inc
Operator
Cargill Salt
Mine
3000663

Narrative

At 11:45 pm an employee noticed a hydraulic leak and found a crack in the hydraulic block of the break unit of the #1 hoist. So, the hoist went down until the hydraulic block was replaced by a new one. This accident has been reported to the manufacturer and investigation will continue in order to find what caused the crack to appear.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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