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September 27, 2021 ID · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Idaho Strategic Resources Inc · Struck by falling object

A miner was bolting the back of the 833 N stope. A fall of ground in the hanging wall fault zone buried the miner until the miner could be rescued by other miners on the crew. The miner received a broken jaw, broken femur, broken rib, fractured hip, several face abrasions, as well as missing teeth.

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