3 deaths while dewatering shafts promp warning
By: David Scott
Publisher: s.n
Published: 1991
Place of publication: S.l
Language: eng
Other titles: Northern miner (0029-3164)
Description:   The death of three prospectors while dewatering abandoned mine workings was the cause of an Ontario Ministry of Labour warning.  On two separate occassions, carbon monoxide poisoning caused fatalities for individuals using gasoline-driven pumps for dewatering mine shafts.  The Ministry released a "hazard notice" concerning mine dewatering and warned of the possible oxygen deficiency and poisonous gases present in disused mines workings.
Notes: In : The northern miner (newspaper), vol.78, no.26, August 31, 1991, p. 1-2.

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