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June 29, 2004 NV · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Golden Phoenix Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BAD BRAKES/BAD STEERING, STEEP GRADE 15%. EMPLOYEE WAS TEST DRIVING THE WATER WAGON ON THE ACCESS ROAD WHICH IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HOMESTED PIT. EMPLOYEE MUST HAVE LOST HIS BRAKES, POPPED OUT OF GEAR, LOST STEERING & TRIED TO JUMP. HE WAS CRUSHED BY THE TIRE.

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