U.S. mining agency blames Newmont in tire repair death

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
& A6 w3 Q' V3 d9 d. yReno, NV - Federal safety regulators are blaming the death of a worker at a gold mine in northeast Nevada on the negligent failure of Newmont USA and its tire contractor to take adequate steps to protect employees from toxic chemicals. The victim died when he was overcome by hazardous vapors from a chemical solvent while fixing a nearly 12-foot tall tire for a giant mining dump truck at a Newmont mine in Carlin, NV. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration said in a report that the Denver-based Newmont and the Purcell Tire & Rubber, Potosi, MO, failed to establish procedures and controls to safely repair haul truck tires using glues containing toxic chemicals. The agency concluded that both companies also were negligent for failing to provide adequate safety training and failing to properly ventilate the tire repair shop at the South Area open pit mine, which has more than 1,100 workers.