Janaury 18, 2022
By Hafsatu Z Bangura
A Sierra Leonean worker working at the Leone Rock Iron Ore Mining Company at plant 1G in Tonkolili District has lost his right arm due to unsafe and bad mining activities.
The miner whose right arm was amputated ( completely chopped off) according to colleagues the incident occurred on the 13th January 2022 and the victim was not attended to for over an hour before a rusted vehicle came and rushed him to the hospital for treatment the workers said. The victims amputated arm was wrapped with an apron.
According to sources the victim was unattended for over hour before he was rushed to the hospital.