Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Underground Metal Mine (Gold Ore) Fatal Powered Haulage Accident, June 2, 2013, Newmont USA Limited, Exodus, Carlin, Eureka County, Nevada. Mine I.D. No. 26-02661.

摘要

On June 2, 2013, Corey Vasquez, Load Haul Dump (LHD) Operator, age 43, was killed when the LHD he was operating overtraveled the edge of a stope and fell approximately 40 feet into an open hole. Vasquez was assigned to build a berm, using cemented rock fill material (CRF), in front of the open stope. He used the LHD to pick up a bucket full of CRF and traveled around a 128 degree left hand turn when the LHD went into the open hole.