Fatality #13 - August 15, 2008

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Accident Classification: Electrical

Location: Ray - Arizona

Mine Controller: Grupo Mexico S A

Mine Type: Surface

Mined Material: Copper Ore NEC

Incident Date/Time: August 15, 2008 10:00 am

Peter Eudave, apprentice electrician, age 41, was fatally injured on August 15, 2008, when he contacted a 480-volt electrical conductor. He was replacing the ballast in a floodlight.

The accident occurred because management policies and controls were inadequate and failed to ensure that the electrical circuit was deenergized, locked-out, tagged, and tested before work was performed.

FATALITY ALERT

METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY - On August 15, 2008, a 41 year-old apprentice electrician with 14 years mining experience was fatally injured at a copper mine. The victim was working on a 480-Volt floodlight at the tailings booster station when he contacted energized electrical wiring supplying power to the light.