# IMPOUNDMENT
> MSHA accident `220040770024` · 03/04/2004 · Maple Creek Mining Incorporated
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** ACCIDENT ONLY
- **Classification:** IMPOUNDMENT
- **Accident type:** Accident type, without injuries
- **Occupation:** —
- **Activity:** —
- **Injury source:** —
- **Nature of injury:** —
- **Body part:** —
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Robert E  Murray
- **Operator:** Maple Creek Mining Incorporated
- **Mine:** [3600968](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3600968)
## Narrative

A SLURRY IMPOUNDMENT, A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT WAS FOUND AT DATE/ TIME ABOVE. THIS IMPOUNDMENT IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING FILLED IN WITH COARSE REFUSE, BUT HAD NOT BEEN WORKED FOR SEVERAL DAYS. A SCARP 500 FT LONG BY 100 FT WIDE BY 20 FT DEEPWAS FOUND. WARMING TEMPERATURES AND THAWING COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS CONDITION.

---
*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*