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HOISTING

220221120004 · 04/21/2022 · U S Gypsum 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)
USG Corporation
Operator
U S Gypsum Company
Mine
1200427

Narrative

During a test run of the escape shaft, an alarm was given, stating the cage was in over travel. The cage went to 387.5' and threw the alarm of over travel on the Tiley system, the appropriate stop is at 386'. The cage was manually brought up past the trip alarm and reset. Another test was conducted and it produced the same results as stated above.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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