A Bosai bulldozer operator is feared dead after the mining pit in which he was operating collapsed on Saturday.
The man has been identified as Neptird Hercules, a 59 year-old of Wismar, Linden. A search-rescue-extraction operation is currently ongoing.
The incident occurred at 4 am on Saturday while Hercules was operating a bulldozer in the Bosai mining pit. The surface collapsed, covering him with debris and soil. According to Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton, it is suspected that Hercules may be covered by as much as 100 feet of overburden. Four excavators and a metal detector were deployed in an attempt to locate the equipment, all of which proved unsuccessful. On Saturday evening, the company suspended search operations because of safety concerns and operations resumed at about 5 yesterday morning.
