February 14, 2022 Fatality - Fatality Alert

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Accident Report: Fatality Reference

February 14, 2022 Fatality

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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.

Accident scene where a 34 year-old maintenance technician died while driving a lube truck underground.

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.”