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PitchBlack ABM Underground Crew


Joined: 10 Nov 2008 Posts: 275 Location: Val-D'Or
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:21 pm Post subject: Lac Bachelor Mines Accident 3 Miners Die. |
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Hi,
I forget to show a mines tragedy occured in Quebec few month ago..
http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/abitibi/2009/11/03/002-trois-mines.shtml
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Le pire a été confirmé à Desmaraisville, dans le Nord-du-Québec. Les autorités de Ressources Métanor ont fait savoir mardi matin que le corps de Marc Guay a été trouvé en fin de soirée, lundi.
L'homme de 31 ans avait été porté disparu vendredi soir au fond d'une mine d'or inondée à Desmaraisville.
Les corps des deux autres mineurs portés disparus en même temps que lui, Dominico Bollini et Bruno Goulet, avaient quant à eux été trouvés lundi.
Après une journée de recherches dans les galeries finalement asséchées grâce à des travaux de pompage, les sauveteurs avaient remonté le corps de Dominico Bollini à la surface en fin d'après-midi, puis la dépouille de Bruno Goulet un peu plus tard en soirée.
En raison de ces découvertes, le représentant de la société minière Métanor avait prévenu les membres de la famille de Marc Guay qu'il était peu probable qu'il soit retrouvé vivant.
L'accident a même eu un écho à l'Assemblée nationale, où une minute de silence pour les mineurs a été observée mardi après-midi.
Une eau meurtrière
Bruno Goulet, 36 ans, Dominico Bollini, 44 ans, et Marc Guay effectuaient des réparations dans un puits de la mine Lac Bachelor lorsque l'endroit où ils travaillaient a été submergé par les eaux.
Les trois hommes étaient descendus aux niveaux 11 et 12 de la mine à 23 h 30 vendredi, mais à son retour à la surface, l'ascenseur qui les avait transportés était vide.
La mine de Desmaraisville emploie actuellement un peu plus de 70 personnes, qui travaillent depuis deux ans et demi à remettre la mine d'or en fonction.
La Sûreté du Québec et la Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CSST) ont ouvert des enquêtes. On veut entre autres essayer de comprendre pourquoi le fond de la mine s'est rempli d'eau et ce qui a empêché le bon fonctionnement des pompes et du système d'alarme. La CSST avait d'ailleurs inspecté les lieux à la fin semptembre pour s'assurer que tout était sécuritaire.
Quant au coroner Claude Malenfant, qui a été chargé de faire la lumière sur le décès des trois mineurs, il a jugé les circonstances suffisamment claires pour ne pas procéder à une autopsie.
Ressources Métanor a exprimé sa stupeur à la suite de cet événement et a tenu à rappeler qu'il n'y avait pas eu d'accident à cette mine depuis 2007. Elle souhaite recevoir l'autorisation de reprendre ses activités d'ici les prochaines semaines.
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The worst has been confirmed Desmaraisville in Northern Quebec. The authorities have Metanor Resources on Tuesday morning that the body of Marc Guay was found late Monday evening.
The 31 year old man was reported missing Friday night deep in a flooded gold mine in Desmaraisville.
The bodies of two missing miners at the same time as him, Dominico Bollini and Bruno Goulet, had meanwhile been found Monday.
After a day of searching the galleries finally drained through pumping work, rescuers had recovered the body of Dominico Bollini surface in the late afternoon and the remains of Bruno Goulet later in the evening.
Given these findings, the representative of the mining company Metanor warned members of the family of Marc Guay he was unlikely to be found alive.
The accident was even echoed in the National Assembly, where a minute's silence for the miners was found Tuesday afternoon.
A deadly water
Bruno Goulet, 36, Dominico Bollini, 44, and Marc Guay conducting repairs in a mine shaft where the Bachelor Lake where they worked was submerged by water.
The three men were down at 11 and 12 of the mine at 23: 30 pm Friday, but his return to the surface, the lift which had carried was empty.
Desmaraisville The mine currently employs just over 70 people working for two and a half years to deliver the gold mine in operation.
The Surete du Quebec and the Commission on Health and Safety (SSTC) has launched investigations. We will include trying to understand why the bottom of the mine was filled with water and thus preventing the proper functioning of pumps and alarm system. The CSST had also inspected the scene at the end semptembre to make sure everything was safe.
As the coroner Claude Malenfant, who has been charged with shedding light on the deaths of three children, he found the circumstances sufficiently clear not to conduct an autopsy.
Metanor Resources has expressed his shock after the event and wished to recall that there had been no accident at this mine since 2007. She wishes to receive authorization to resume its activities in the coming weeks. _________________ Pitchblack's - Quebecquish Industrial Caver! |
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MinerDan ABM Underground Crew


Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 2585 Location: Sussex, NJ
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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What a tragedy, may they rest in peace and their families make it through this difficult time. Mining is still a dangerous profession even though there has been so much advanced technology employed. _________________ I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul. |
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PitchBlack ABM Underground Crew


Joined: 10 Nov 2008 Posts: 275 Location: Val-D'Or
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| MinerDan wrote: | | What a tragedy, may they rest in peace and their families make it through this difficult time. Mining is still a dangerous profession even though there has been so much advanced technology employed. |
And you know its rarely happen in a hard rock mines, its often happened in coal mine, but this case is a gold mines.. a watershed problem will drown miner down below..  _________________ Pitchblack's - Quebecquish Industrial Caver! |
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