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HOISTING

220170520015 · 02/09/2017 · The Marion County Coal Company

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)
Robert E Murray
Operator
The Marion County Coal Company
Mine
4601433

Narrative

Ice built up on safety switch that slows down Miracle Run Elevator as it approaches the bottom allowing it to go into an over travel fault (arm of switch was unable to turn). One person was entrapped for approx. 5 minutes. Cause of incident was not determined until 2/10/2017.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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