Stoper Miner fatality

April 28, 2014 at 11:30 AM

Midas Mine · Klondex Midas Operations, Inc. · Elko County, NV

Investigator narrative

Employee had partially drilled a hole using a jackleg drill. A coworker discovered him unconscious/unresponsive, slumped over the drill. It was later determined the employee's clothes were wound up in the 6' drill steel though the cause & nature of the accident & cause of death remain undetermined and under investigation.

Record details

Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Activity at time: Drill Face, Rib, Side, Down
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Source of injury: APPAREL,NEC
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Total mining experience: 32.33 years
Experience at this mine: 11.9 years
Experience in this job: 11.9 years
Mine type: Underground
Sector: Metal/Nonmetal

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