# ENTRAPMENT
> MSHA accident `220172270023` · 08/06/2017 · The Marshall County Coal Company
## 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:** —
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Robert E  Murray
- **Operator:** The Marshall County Coal Company
- **Mine:** [4601437](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4601437)
## Narrative

At 2:45 pm management was notified that one employee had been stuck in the Blake's Ridge elevator for 30 minutes.  The elevator car safety switch had tripped causing the incident.  The fault was cleared and the employee was brought to the surface at 3:00 pm.

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