ENTRAPMENT at Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC
3 EE's riding service hoist cage when hoist power dropped out. Hoistman could not reset. 3:11 pm Mine Supt notified; 3:22 MSHA notified. Electrician from off-site called. EE's lowered to station under gravity/friction procedures. > 30 minutes elapsed before EE's reached station. Power reset and functional 4:29 pm.
U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration