Two miners reported to be workers of Adumanu Community Mining near Obuasi in the Ashanti region have died at a mining site in Adumanu when prospecting for gold.
According to police report, the incident occured at about 16:30 hours on Friday, May 6, 2022 when a heap of loose sand caved in on the deceased, Mallam Salifu aged 45, and Mallam Seidu, aged 50 while they were prospecting for gold.
“On May 6, 2022, at about 22:45 hours, Peter Prah, aged 39, a small scale miner of Nyameso, a suburb of Obuasi came to the station and reported that about 16:30 hours, his two workers at Adumanu Community Mining, namely Mallam Salifu, 45, and Mallam Seidu, 50, now deceased, went to a mining site to prospect for gold.
“That in the process some heaped sand caved in as the two men got trapped by the loose soil. They were rescued and rushed to Obuasi Government Hospital for treatment but both died shortly whilst receiving treatment”, a report by Daily Guide quoted a police document.
Their bodies per report have since been deposited at the morgue for preservation and autopsy while police investigations are ongoing.