April 23, 2015
Washington state safety regulators issued two citations and a $2,050 fine against the subcontractor overseeing workers injured when a wall in the north portal of the Seattle tunnel project collapsed. Four iron workers fell on Feb. 12, including one who …
June 2, 2013
A truck driver who was critically injured in an accident at a giant U.S.-owned mine in Indonesia died Saturday in a hospital. Mine operator PT Freeport Indonesia said liquid ore material flowed into a truck during maintenance activities on Friday, …
April 18, 2013
The family of a miner who died in a, Idaho tunnel collapse two years ago has sued Hecla Mining Co. 53-year-old Larry “Pete” Marek was crushed to death in a cave-in more than a mile inside the Lucky Friday Mine …