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Zortman Mining Inc operator

Controlled by Apollo Gold Corporation

MSHA operator ID: L12859

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 71
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 1983–1998

Top causes

FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 1 fatality
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 26 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 13 non-fatal
MACHINERY 10 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 7 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 6 non-fatal

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Mines on record

ZORTMAN MINING INC MT

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

April 24, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Zortman Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

AT APPROX 10:00 AM ON 4-24-91, THE MINE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DRILL WHEN A PORTION OF THE OPEN PIT FLOOR COLLAPSED. THE OPERATOR FELL INTO THIS OPENING. SEARCH FOR THE DRILL OPERATOR INDIC ATED THAT HE WAS NOT ON THE SURFACE. THE HOLE HAD DUST COMING OUT OF THE OPENING, THUS VISIBILITY INTO THE HOLE WAS RESTRICTED. RESCUE OPERATIONS COMMENCED IMMEDIATELY.

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