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June 3, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE DRIVING EMPTY HAUL TRUCK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT & THE TRUCK DRIVER LOST CONTROL & DROVE INTO THE PIT WALL.

November 10, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER WAS MOVING POWDER FROM POWDER MAGAZINE TO FACE- STOPPED LHD TO MOVE POWER CABLE WHEN THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED. UNKNOWN CAUSE.

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