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Labour ministry investigates death at Musselwhite mine

Inspector visited the mine but has issued no orders.
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The Musselwhite mine is a fly-in, fly-out operation (Tbnewswatch file)

THUNDER BAY — The Ontario labour ministry is conducting an investigation into the weekend death of an employee at Goldcorp's Musselwhite mine, 500 kilometres north of Thunder Bay.

A spokesperson says the ministry was notified on Saturday that a worker had been found unresponsive at the mine site.

A ministry inspector travelled to the fly-in, fly-out gold mine Monday but issued no orders to the company.

According to the spokesperson, the investigation has not been completed.




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