A mine worker fell 500 feet (152 meters) to his death down a vertical passageway used to transport ore. His job was ore pass operator. He monitored the flow of ore down the pass and blasted it free when the shaft became obstructed. No one saw it happen because he was working alone, but evidence indicated he stepped off the edge of a landing where rail cars dump ore into the vertical shaft. The worker was not wearing the required fall arrest equipment at the time of the incident. Although a number of factors contributed to the fall, the equipment would probably […]