Event Category	Incident
Event Group	Technology
Event Subgroup	Infrastructure failure
Event Type	Manufacturing / Industry
Place	Sydney Mines, Cape Breton NS
Event Start Date	December 6, 1938
Event End Date	December 6, 1938
Comments	Sydney Mines, Cape Breton NS, December 6, 1938. 20 dead. A chain of small cars known as a "man rake" was being lowered into the shaft when a cable snapped sending the cars, laden with more than 200 men, crashing to the bottom.
Fatalities	20
Injured / Infected	0
Evacuated	0
Estimated Total Cost	Unknown
Federal DFAA Payments	Unknown
Provincial DFAA Payments	Unknown
Provincial Department Payments	Unknown
Municipal Costs	Unknown
OGD Costs	Unknown
Insurance Payments	Unknown
NGO Payments	Unknown
Utility - People Affected	0
Magnitude	0.0