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Mar 03, 2010 News
…as 75-ft deep pit collapses
Two miners were buried alive at around 13:00 hrs yesterday, after the walls of a 75-foot deep pit caved in on them at White Hole, Mahdia.
Police identified the victims as 35-year-old Jamaica-born Rohan Hibbeizt, called ‘Jamakey’ who resides at Long Creek, Soesdyke/Linden, and 32-year-old Karran Roopnarine of Triumph, East Coast Demerara.
The general manager of the camp told Kaieteur News that rescuers, using a ‘jet hose’ took over two hours to retrieve the bodies.
He said that five other crewmen were in the pit but they managed to scramble to safety. He explained that Hibbeizt and Roopnarine were several feet lower than the other miners when disaster struck.
According to the manager, the two men were drilling further into the pit when one of the walls suddenly collapsed. They were pinned under several tons of earth.
“The land loose…it came down so fast that they could not get out,” he said. “The stuff (earth) brace them into the wall.”
Police said that rescuers used a dredge and an excavator to dig out the bodies. According to the manager, they also used a jet hose to remove earth that was “as high as a house”.
The bodies were taken to the Mahdia Hospital mortuary at around 19:00 hrs.
Several miners have perished in this manner over the years and mining officials have repeatedly expressed concern about the inadequate safety measures at mining concessions.
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