HOISTING

Name: HOISTING at U S Gypsum Company
Start: 10/09/2024

220242850007 · 10/09/2024 · 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

Hoist operator started hearing a noise around the drive motor area. They then shut the hoist down immediately until further investigation could be done. The call was made to go ahead and evacuate the miners due to having only one escape route.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown