April 25, 2022 Fatality - Fatality Alert

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Accident Report: Fatality Reference

April 25, 2022 Fatality

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MINE FATALITY – On April 25, 2022, co-workers found a maintenance worker lying face down in a pool of water. The maintenance worker was using a water hose to wash out fine material that had gathered under a tail pulley.

Accident scene where co-workers found a maintenance worker lying face down in a pool of water.

Best Practices

Maintain workplaces in a clean and dry condition when possible.
Where wet processes are used, maintain drainage platforms, mats, or other dry standing places.
Ensure that miners have communication systems available when assigned to work alone.
Routinely check in on miners working alone.
Conduct workplace examinations before work begins in an area.

Additional Information

This is the 30th fatality reported in 2022, and the third classified as “Drowning.”