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MACHINERY

Fatal · 220141280027 · 04/28/2014 · Klondex Midas Operations, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury
FATALITY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Occupation
Stoper miner
Activity
Drill face, Rib, Side, Down
Injury source
APPAREL,NEC
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost
0
Mine experience
11.9 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Klondex Mines Ltd
Operator
Klondex Midas Operations, Inc.
Mine
2602314

Narrative

Employee had partially drilled a hole using a jackleg drill. A coworker discovered him unconscious/unresponsive, slumped over the drill. It was later determined the employee's clothes were wound up in the 6' drill steel though the cause & nature of the accident & cause of death remain undetermined and under investigation.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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