Cease work orders have been issued by the Ministry of Labour to three mining operations at it investigates the death of a 17-year-old miner.
In a statement yesterday, the ministry said that its Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department is investigating the workplace fatality that occurred at Ms June Landing, Puruni River, Gold Mining District No. 4, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
The incident occurred, around 3.30 pm on Tuesday, August 29, 2023. Seventeen-year-old Anthony Richard and three other workers were working in a mining pit owned by Lorine Alfred, when the land above them collapsed and fell into the pit where the workers were working.
