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FIRE

220120650036 · 02/14/2012 · Silver Opportunity Partners LLC

Details

Degree of injury
ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification
FIRE
Accident type
Accident type, without injuries
Occupation
Activity
Injury source
Nature of injury
Body part
Days lost
0
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Sunshine Silver Mines Corp
Operator
Silver Opportunity Partners LLC
Mine
1000089

Narrative

Repair on 3100 was repairing rail with an Oxygen accetylene torch. Sparks got drawn behind bulkhead by short circuit to main ventilation exhaust. Result was large uncontrollable fire resulting in total mine shut down.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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