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Miner buried alive in Mahdia mining pit

Dec 11, 2015 News

Tragedy struck the mining fraternity yet again yesterday, when a 47-year-old miner was buried alive in a pit at White Hole/Red Hole area near Mahdia.
The mishap occurred at around 09.30 hrs, but the body, buried under some seven feet of earth, was reportedly not recovered until 13.00 hrs.
Relatives identified the victim as Terrence Lobert, of Yubani Street, Eccles, East Bank Demerara.
He is survived by five daughters and a grand-daughter.
A sister of the victim said that Lobert had worked most of his life in the interior. He had been in the interior since last year.
A Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) release stated that several of the entity’s officers are on the ground ascertaining the facts, and “mobilization of officials from other relevant Agencies is being effected.”
The area where the tragedy occurred was among those targeted for inspection during the post-Mowasi accident response, when operators/operations were educated on safety issues and encouraged to adopt a safety culture, and regulatory compliance was enforced where determined to be necessary.
“This accident follows on the heels of several publications on Mines Safety in the weekend print media and on GGMC’s weekly radio programme.
“The heightened awareness that the field officers for GGMC have attached to safe mining practices has been well received by all the operations/operators visited, but the sustained awareness at all levels must be observed if these types of occurrences are to be avoided.”
The GGMC calls on all miners to be cautious and aware of the typical hazards in mining and to follow mining and safety regulations to bring an end to these unnecessary accidents.”

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