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220261100030 · 04/08/2026 · Columbia Gold Mines Ltd

Details

Degree of injury
INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES
Classification
OTHER
Accident type
NEC
Occupation
Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity
Idle
Injury source
MISCELLANEOUS,NEC
Nature of injury
HEART ATTACK
Body part
BODY SYSTEMS
Days lost
Mine experience
30 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Patrick J Hughes; Wayne Weber
Operator
Columbia Gold Mines Ltd
Mine
2602743

Narrative

Employee had not returned phone calls for approximately 2 days so a well being check was called into the County Sheriffs Office as well as to a trusted member of the community. The community member found employee on the ground in a shack adjacent to employee's living area deceased from an apparent heart attack.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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