Fatalities at Vale Mine were preventable, investigation finds
Based on the results of an investigative report into a double fatality at Stobie Mine in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, the United Steelworkers union (USW) is calling on the provincial government to bring criminal charges against officials and management of Vale, the mine's owner, and against the company itself. The union is also urging the government to establish a Commission of Inquiry into Mine Safety.
USW Local 6500 in Sudbury today released the results of an eight-month investigation into the deaths Jason Chenier and Jordan Fram on June 8th, 2011. The two miners died after a torrent of wet mud and ore flooded the tunnel where they were working.