A 28-year-old uranium mine from Moab died Wednesday morning after he was hit by declining rock in the Pandora mine near LaSal, San Juan County. County Sheriff Mike Lacy known the victim of the 7:30 a.m. accident as Hunter Diehl. The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) was notified of the accident and sent an inspector Wednesday to inspect.
Ron Hochstein, president and CEO of Denver-based Denison Mines (USA) Corp., which owns the mine, said Diehl was working with a partner, using an 8-foot-long crowbar-like tool to break loose rocks from underground tunnel walls and roofs lengthened by blasting. "There was a rock fall, from the mine's roof or perhaps the wall, we are not sure," Hochstein said.
Sheriff Lacy said Diehl's co-worker saw the victim blinking his head-lamp light, came to his support and talked to Diehl before going for help. When the co-worker returned, he found Diehl unconscious.Cardiopulmonary revival failed to revive the victim underground. He was transported to San Juan County Hospital in Monticello, where he was pronounced dead."They have safety meetings every day," Hochstein said, noting that rock falls "happened to be one of the safety topics" Wednesday morning before Diehl and two dozen miners went underground to a variety of working sections of the mine.
Sheriff Lacy said Diehl's co-worker saw the victim blinking his head-lamp light, came to his support and talked to Diehl before going for help. When the co-worker returned, he found Diehl unconscious.Cardiopulmonary revival failed to revive the victim underground. He was transported to San Juan County Hospital in Monticello, where he was pronounced dead."They have safety meetings every day," Hochstein said, noting that rock falls "happened to be one of the safety topics" Wednesday morning before Diehl and two dozen miners went underground to a variety of working sections of the mine.
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