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Preliminary Report - Fatality #11 - August 31, 2012

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The miner was assigned to prepare the work area to set up a long-hole bench drill and was working near an open stope. The victim fell down the stope, was loaded out with the material, and transported by a haul truck to the surface where he was later discovered.