The province will hold an inquest this fall into the 2012 death of a Timmins miner.
Trevor King, 26, died on April 2, 2012, from injuries sustained while working at Lake Shore Gold’s Timmins West Mine as part of a crew working in a development heading underground.
An inquest is mandatory under the Coroners Act. It will examine the events surrounding King's death, and the jury may make recommendations aimed at preventing similar deaths.
The inquest is expected to last two days and to hear from approximately five witnesses.
According to a release at the time from the company, King was killed while loading a development round on the 730-metre level of the Timmins Mine when he was struck by a piece of rock.
Following the fatality, the company said it was providing counselling to King’s family and its employees, and the mine was temporarily shut down while safety procedures were reviewed.
“This is a tragic event and loss,” president and CEO Tony Makuch said at the time. “We offer our sincere condolences to the family, friends and fellow workers of the employee. We are concentrating our efforts on supporting the family and our employees at the mine site and on investigating the incident to understand exactly what occurred. Our focus has always been and will remain on the health and safety of our people.”
The Ministry of Labour, the Ontario Provincial Police, and Lake Shore Gold management and its Joint Health and Safety Committee launched investigations into the incident.
The provincial inquest will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, at the Superior Court of Justice, 48 Spruce Street North, in Timmins. Dr. David Cameron will preside as inquest coroner, and Dale Cox will be counsel to the coroner.
