A 19-year-old miner died on Monday afternoon after the mining pit he was working in at Konawaruk, Region Eight caved in and buried him.
He has been identified by officials as Trenton Sebastian, of Kurukubaru, Region Eight.
Stabroek News was reliably informed that the dredge owner, Sherwin Grenada, was given a cease work order on February 16th of this year.
According to reports, Sebastian died around 3.15pm on Monday while he and four other miners were cutting trees through a mine face by using water jets. It was during this process that material fell and pinned him. His body was completely covered in soil and was later retrieved.
Additional information revealed that it was the negligence and unsafe practice by the miners that resulted in the fatality,
