Smoky Canyon, Idaho-An Afton, Wyo., man was severely injured Jan. 29 in an accident at the J.R. Simplot Co.’s Smoky Canyon Mine in Southeast Idaho near the Wyoming border. Jedd Nield, 51, is in intensive care at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City. Nield was operating drilling equipment at the open pit phosphate mine. A U.S. Mine Safety Health Administration team is investigating the accident. Operations have been suspended in immediate proximity to the scene and will not resume until the investigation is complete. Simplot safety experts are also conducting an internal investigation to determine what went wrong.
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