Two Workers Killed in Copper Mine Accident
From Times Wire Reports
Two men doing maintenance work on the shovel of a large excavator were killed when the shovel’s lid fell and crushed them at an open-pit copper mine near the east-central city of Ely.
The owner of the Robinson Mine, Quadra Mining Ltd., and the workers’ employer, Washington Group International, released no other details. The victims’ names were not released.
The accident is under investigation by the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration.
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