Mining pit fatal accident: BOSAI to hand over findings to Labour Ministry today

BOSAI Minerals will be handing over its findings from the fatal accident which claimed the life of Neptrid Hercules at the its Linden operations last month, to Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton today.
The report was completed and is said to include a number of recommendations coming out of the tragic incident and subsequent probe.
It was reported that Neptrid Hercules went missing in the early hours of the morning on Saturday, March 11, along with the CAT D9T Dozer which he was operating at the time.

BOSAI Operator Neptrid Hercules

This was as a result of a failure experienced by the overburden dump where he was working in the East Montgomery Mine, which caused them to be covered by the overburden material.
GGMC personnel arrived on the site with a highly-advanced magnetic device on Sunday, March 12, which detected strong indication of metal mass some 15 metres below the surface. The company was advised to use excavators to remove debris, which continued on Monday morning. The search continued until Tuesday, March 14, when Hercules’ body was found.
Hercules worked at the bauxite company for 42 years and was set to retire in October. He was the sole breadwinner for his family.
A formal investigation was ordered by the Labour Minister to determine what transpired. They included Chairman, Charles Ceres; Victor Fernandes from the National Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH); Jimmy Reece, Michael Howard and Krishna Ramdas of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC); Colis Primo from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Neza King and Darwin Bourne of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department of the Labour Ministry; Legal Officer of the Ministry, Alyea Williams; and Emilia Maslen.
In 2020, 32 persons died in workplace accidents, with that number falling to 27 in 2021. In total, 184 workplace accidents were investigated last year, inclusive of 19 fatal events. (G12)