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HOISTING

220162850028 · 10/07/2016 · Pocahontas Coal Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification
HOISTING
Accident type
Accident type, without injuries
Occupation
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Activity
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Injury source
—
Nature of injury
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Body part
—
Days lost
—
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Metinvest B V
Operator
Pocahontas Coal Company LLC
Mine
4608878

Narrative

At approximately 5:10 p.m. the service hoist went down due to a malfunction in one of the relays causing the brakes not to release. All employees were evacuated to the surface in a timely manner. No person or persons were trapped or injured.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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