ENTRAPMENT

Name: ENTRAPMENT at Barrick Turquoise Ridge, Inc.
Start: 12/02/2013

220133370011 · 12/02/2013 · Barrick Turquoise Ridge, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification: ENTRAPMENT
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

A capacitor bank on the main power feed to site malfunctioned, tripping all power to site. This tripped out the #2 man cage stranding 20 miners in the cage, some 100ft from surface. Men were stranded in the shaft until 18:15.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown