September 14, 2021
ID · Metal/Non-Metal
miner, prospector, nec
Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Higher ground resources
· Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
A visitor to the mine site was in a unauthorized area running a sluice box in a unstable trench when it collapsed and buried them. The trench was tapered and made safe to remove their body.