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October 9, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Sunnyside Gold Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE VICTIM CLOS9D SWITCH CONTROLLING AIR DOOR AS MUCK TRAIN APPROACHED THE DOOR CLOSED HE ATTEMPTED TO RUN TO AN EMERGENCY SWITCH AND WAS STRUCK BY THE TRAIN IF HE HAD REMAINED WHERE HE WAS AN D OPENED THE MA3N SWITCH HE WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN INJURED

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