Another miner dies as pit caves in

A 37-year-old miner of North West District, Region One (Barima-Waini), died after a sand pit caved in on him.
Dead is Omar Oselmo. He died on Thursday at about 18:00h at Sand Hill Backdam, Cuyuni River, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
Police said that when they visited the scene, the body was seen in an old dug out pit next to a wall of sand which appeared to have collapsed.
Investigation revealed that Oselmo was employed at a mining operation at Sandhill Backdam, and on Thursday at about 16:00h, he and his co-workers had finished working and went to camp.
At about 18:00h, Oselmo returned to the work ground to ‘punt’ and suddenly the walls of the pit caved in on him, trapping him in the process.
His co-workers told Police that they heard his scream and rushed to his assistance but they did not see him. As a result, they began digging and later found Oselmo’s motionless body beneath the sand.
The body was removed and examined but no mark of violence was seen. The scene was processed, photographed, and statements were taken.
The body was later escorted to the Bartica Regional Hospital where it was pronounced dead. It was escorted to the Bartica Regional Hospital’s Mortuary for storage awaiting PME.
Investigations are in progress.
A week ago, a 24-year-old gold miner was killed at Gold Finger Landing, Cuyuni River, after a tree fell and pinned him at the mining camp.
Dead is Troy Prudencio of Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo).
Information from the Guyana Police Force indicated that at about 13:22h on Saturday, Prudencio and two other miners – aged 31 and 25 – were cooking at the camp site. However, there were several gusts of heavy winds, followed by the sound of a falling tree.
Prudencio and the other two workers scampered to get out of the camp to safety. However, the miner was too late and he was pinned by the tree.
Reports are that the other two workers immediately removed the tree but their co-worker was motionless at that time. Two months ago, two miners met their demise after the mining pit in which they were working collapsed at Kumung Kumung Backdam, Puruni River, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
Dead are 44-year-old Troy Scott of Linden and 32-year-old Seon Martin of Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) who were employed by a businessman of Rahaman’s Park, Greater Georgetown.
Investigators said that Martin was the general manager for the operation and at the time of the incident, he was operating the jetting hose while Scott was operating the marrock hose in the mining pit which is about 25 feet in depth.
However, during the mining operation, the land reportedly caved in, thus trapping them beneath. Based on reports, the other workers who were also in the mining pit at the time escaped unhurt.
The two men were pulled from under the debris but by that time, they were already dead.