# ENTRAPMENT
> MSHA accident `220181620021` · 06/06/2018 · The Marion 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 Marion County Coal Company
- **Mine:** [4601433](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4601433)
## Narrative

Mine scheduled to take Metz substation off line to repair a switch. A miner tried to take the Metz elevator to the bottom before the outage, but the power was knocked with the elevator still going down, engaging safety switches that would not release automatically. By 11:46 the rope grippers were manually reset and miner was removed from the elevator.

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