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July 12, 2025 Fatality - Fatality Alert


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Accident Report: Fatality Reference

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MINE FATALITY – On July 12, 2025, a miner died when material within an active stope caved onto the Load Haul Dump loader he was operating.

Scene of haul dump loader and cave-in

Best Practices

  • Only travel in areas with a ground support system designed, installed, and maintained to control the ground.
  • Understand and follow the mine operator’s ground control procedures and mining methods.
  • Perform work from a safe location.
  • Only travel within designated safe zones and use signage to indicate hazardous areas.  Ensure this signage is highly visible and understood by everyone in the working area.
  • Conduct thorough examinations of working places/ground conditions before starting any work, after blasting, and as conditions warrant during the shift.

Additional Information

This is the 14th fatality reported in 2025, and the first classified as “Fall of Roof or Back.”