Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Seven KCM miners injured

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Seven miners have been injured regrets to announce an incident at the Konkola Deep Mining Project (KDMP) in Chililabombwe District, today.

According to a statement signed by the company’s spokesperson Shapi Schacinda, the accident took place about 07:15 hours , today.

A cage tripped and during this incident seven people have been injured in the cage. One of them is in a critical condition in the ICU at the Konkola Mine Hospital in Chililabombwe, read the statement in part.

Mr. Shacinda said a medical team is conducting further examinations on the other miners , who were rushed to hospital by a rescue team.

Production has been temporarily suspended and investigations commenced to determine the cause of the incident, he said.

4 COMMENTS

  1. That cage is not upto the standard the LTA guys should work on it before innocent souls are lost that’s just a warning to the management and the workers.

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