Accident Report: Fatality Reference
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February 14, 2022 - Fatality Alert.pdf
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MINE FATALITY – On February 14, 2022, a 34 year-old maintenance technician died while driving a lube truck underground. The truck over traveled the edge of a stope and fell approximately 60 feet into the stope drift.
Best Practices
- Provide berms, bumper blocks, safety hooks, or similar impeding devices at dumping locations where there is a hazard of over travel.
- Examine working places before work begins for conditions that may adversely affect safety and health
Additional Information
This is the seventh fatality reported in 2022, and the third classified as “Powered Haulage.”