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Sullivan Mine Update

 

CRANBROOK - A research committee has determined that ambient temperature and atmospheric pressure appear to be factors influencing the outflow of air from a waste dump that led to the deaths of four people at the decommissioned Sullivan Mine.

Preliminary Report

Kimberly Incident Technical Panel Update


Sullivan Mine Report Confirms Unprecedented Incident

CRANBROOK - The tragic circumstances that led to four fatalities at a water sampling shed at the decommissioned Sullivan mine on May 15 - 17, 2006 was an unprecedented incident caused by an oxygen-deficient atmosphere, the Province's chief inspector of mines Fred Hermann has concluded.

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Sampling Shed Diagram
Ministry of Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources Sullivan Mine Accident Report
The Chief Inspector of Mines Report


Attachment A - Teck Cominco Report

Attachment B - BC Ambulance Service Report:

 
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