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2010 Nevada gold mine deaths: safety alarm was bypassed using broom handle

Huffington Post | November 8, 2011 | 3:37 am Precious Metals Top Companies Europe Gold 

Huffington Post reports federal safety investigators say two Nevadans were killed in a mining accident partly because someone wedged a broom handle against a reset button to bypass an alarm that would have shut down the system.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration said Monday that managers of Barrick Goldstrike’s Meikle Mine are responsible for the August 2010 accident in Carlin that killed Daniel Noel and Joel Schorr.

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