Accident leaves AGM worker hospitalised with mangled leg
An accident at the Aurora Gold Mine (AGM) in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) has left one worker nursing serious leg injuries.
The scene of the accident
It is understood that the worker, who is said to be a forklift operator, was carrying out duties on Sunday afternoon as wood was being offloaded from a haulier truck when the load slipped, toppling the forklift and pinning him to the ground. It is understood that the accident has left the worker with a broken and mangled leg.
Further reports also indicate that on Sunday evening the worker was medevacked out of the mining site to a private hospital in the city. Efforts by Guyana Times to contact Corporate Director Peter Benny for a comment proved futile.
However, in an interview with Demerara Waves Online News, Benny said that the worker was assisting in offloading materials which had arrived at the camp on a truck when the incident occurred. He said that an investigation has since been launched.
