“Whether it’s a lockout violation, or a previous (heap leach) slide, or (an overland conveyor) belt slipping – you name it. They cover it up,” the operator, who asked not to be named, told The Northern Miner. “They’ve been known to pay workers who got injured on-site to stay at home and do computer-based training instead of doing the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) claim because it makes them look bad,” he alleges.
The Northern Miner hasn’t been able to independently confirm these claims.
Operations were suspended at Eagle, Yukon’s only producing gold mine, after the company reported that a failure at its heap leach pad caused an accident and spill that damaged some infrastructure. Damage was sustained to the pad’s embankment, piping, pumping, liner, conveyors and some electrical infrastructure, Victoria said in a news release Friday, its third since the accident. Victoria shares plunged more than 85%…
