May 14, 2014
AK · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
OTHER
Nome Gold Alaska Corporation · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Miner was had been involved in his duties, which was loading used tires on a trailer and pickup. The miner suffered a heart attack when he was sitting in the cab of the pickup. The coworkers acted quickly with emergency first aid and drove him in the pickup to the emergency room (quicker than ambulance). Then miner was pronounced dead approximately 1.5 hours later.