Brazilian man crushed to death by rock at Puruni Mines

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 55-year-old Brazilian who was on Tuesday reportedly crushed to death by a more-than-200-pounds rock at Puruni Mines, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
Dead is Jose Cicero Ferreira Pereira, who was employed as a maintenance worker at Hard Rock Mining Company.
According to Police information, the man and a colleague were working at the top of the shaft section of an underground tunnel, which was about 80 feet beneath the earth’s surface.
The duo was pumping out water when the marrack pump “choked”; as a result, Pereira was lowered into the tunnel by a remote winch and he proceeded to clear the marrack hole.
His colleague claimed that after 15 minutes had elapsed and Pereira did not signal him to be winched up, he sounded the alarm and called out for the man, but got no response.
As such, he then notified the site’s manager, who was then lowered into the tunnel.
There, the Brazilian national was found lying face-down in an unconscious state with a rock weighing in excess of 200 pounds resting on his head.
He was brought to the top of the tunnel, where he died.
The body was taken to the Bartica Regional Hospital. A post-mortem examination will be conducted as investigations continue.