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Mine worker in 50m death plunge
17 Jun 2015 at 08:06hrs | Views
Workers lower the body of their colleague which they retrieved from a 120 metre deep shaft at Nduba mine in Inyathi yesterday
AN electrician at Nduba gold mine in Inyathi plunged to his death down a 120 metre deep shaft where his body was trapped for more than 24 hours. Mine rescuers battled overnight to retrieve the body of Dzaoma Shiri, 48, of Zaka in Masvingo, which was trapped underwater on Monday.
It was finally retrieved at about 2:45PM yesterday with his face deformed and the body having suffered multiple fractures.
Sources at the mine said the electrician died after a winch cable broke, when he was about 70 metres down the shaft.
They said Shiri went down the well with a workmate, Maxwell Farara.
Sources at the mine said Farara, who was already underground, saw Shiri's helmet, a safety shoe and blood stains on the wall of the shaft.
Some workmates suggested that Shiri might have crashed against the concrete lining of the shaft.
Shiri's workmates were forced to keep an all-night vigil at the shaft despite the chilly weather.
It was finally retrieved at about 2:45PM yesterday with his face deformed and the body having suffered multiple fractures.
Sources at the mine said the electrician died after a winch cable broke, when he was about 70 metres down the shaft.
They said Shiri went down the well with a workmate, Maxwell Farara.
Sources at the mine said Farara, who was already underground, saw Shiri's helmet, a safety shoe and blood stains on the wall of the shaft.
Some workmates suggested that Shiri might have crashed against the concrete lining of the shaft.
Shiri's workmates were forced to keep an all-night vigil at the shaft despite the chilly weather.
Source - chronicle
