Worker dies at platinum and palladium mine in Montana, triggering temporary halt to mining
The Stillwater Mining Co. complex, the only platinum and palladium mine in the United States, is seen, May 2, 2013, near Nye, Mont. An employee of a mine contractor died Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, at the Stillwater Mine while working to prepare an area for future mining. The man was bolting up wire panels to prevent falling rock when the accident happened, officials said. The man's death is still under investigation. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
NYE (AP) — A contract worker has died in a machinery accident at an underground precious metals mine in south-central Montana and work has temporarily stopped while the death is investigated, mine officials said.
The worker was preparing an area for future mining early Monday at the Stillwater Mine. He was bolting up wire panels to prevent falling rock when the accident happened, said Heather McDowell, a vice president at mine owner Sibanye-Stillwater.
She did not release further information about what happened, but the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration referred to it as a machinery accident.
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