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FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

220073200015 · 11/07/2007 · Barrick Turquoise Ridge, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury
ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type
Accident type, without injuries
Occupation
Activity
Injury source
Nature of injury
Body part
Days lost
0
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Barrick Gold Corp
Operator
Barrick Turquoise Ridge, Inc.
Mine
2602286

Narrative

Backfill jammer operator was inadvertently undercutting nose pillar while jamming backfill; haul truck operators delivering backfill to stope were damaging ground support in high rib while backing into stope. Combination of undercutting of low rib and ground support damage to high rib resulted in rib failure.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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