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Sullivan Mine Report Confirms Unprecedented Incident

 

CRANBROOK - The tragic circumstances that led to four fatalities at a water sampling shed at the decommissioned Sullivan mine on May 15 - 17, 2006 was an unprecedented incident caused by an oxygen-deficient atmosphere, the Province's chief inspector of mines Fred Hermann has concluded.

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Attachment A - Teck Cominco Report

Attachment B - BC Ambulance Service Report:

 
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