# EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
> MSHA accident `220071290004` · 05/04/2007 · Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** ACCIDENT ONLY
- **Classification:** EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
- **Accident type:** Accident type, without injuries
- **Occupation:** —
- **Activity:** —
- **Injury source:** —
- **Nature of injury:** —
- **Body part:** —
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Barrick Gold Corp
- **Operator:** Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc
- **Mine:** [2601089](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2601089)
## Narrative

An employee was filling the grease reservoir on shovel MA182. The technician and the shovel operator were within 15 to 18 feet of an uninitiated booster when it exploded. There was no immediately identifiable cause for the detonation of the booster, but a full investigation was initiated on the day of the incident.

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