# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220242400005` · 08/22/2024 · Nevada Gold Mines LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** ACCIDENT ONLY
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Accident type, without injuries
- **Occupation:** —
- **Activity:** —
- **Injury source:** —
- **Nature of injury:** —
- **Body part:** —
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Barrick Nevada Holding LLC; Newmont USA Limited
- **Operator:** Nevada Gold Mines LLC
- **Mine:** [2602286](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/2602286)
## Narrative

On night shift of August 22, 2024 a ground failure was discovered by NGM shifter on the MXD ramp. The dimensions of the failure: 15 ft. w x 12 ft. t x 6 ft. deep and started at the sill and did not quite reach the spring line. A cross-shift blast in the MXD 2853 West induced the failure. The ramp was barricaded and closed down. 

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