An 18 year old man of Chief Mumena in Solwezi District in North Western Province died on the spot at Lumwana mine after an excavator cut him into two parts.
The incident happened last night around 22:25 hours, when the excavator was loading soil material on a dump truck.
North Western Police Commanding Officer Fabian Katiba confirmed the accident and identified the deceased as Ceaser Coatzee whose father is from South Africa and the mother is Zambian.
Mr. Katiba said the deceased was employed by WBHO Company as a casual worker and was loading the soil material at an area where his company is constructing a dam.
The Police Chief said after the deceased was cut into two parts by the excavator the upper part of the body was loaded into the dump truck together with the soil material leaving the lower part laying on the ground without the notice of the operator.
Mr. Katiba said the operator later saw the lower body part on the ground and alerted others who conducted a search for the upper body part.
He said the workers together with the help of the police had to offload the soil material from the truck where they found the upper part of the body in the soil.
This is the first accident that has been recorded at Lumwana mine since it started its operations.
Mr Katiba said the Police have since launched investigations into the matter to establish the cause of the accident.
ZANIS
Was their a safety talk before work commenced? I wonder.
What a tragic loss of life.
may his soul rest in peace……..
The safety tok cud be there but the problem is we tend to take S.tok for granted. 4the ecavater 2cut that person it means the boy was just negligence. SAFETY IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. MHSRP.
Ba HON, muletekanya. Lumwana mine is known worldwide for it’s safety principles. It takes alot of effort in ensuring employees are fully aware of ALL hazards onsite and are always given protective gear and insite. This is why the mine never had any fatality since its inception [a world-record for a mine]. This was an accident which may not have been forseen. Let’s not start pointing fingers. MHSRP.
Knowing the Zambian govt, this tragic death will soon be forgotten. The entire ministry of Labour fimo fimo is full of incompetent and miserable professionals who are suppose to be monitoring issues of occupational health and safety. The country is all about cheap labour and no one is interested to re-enforce safety in work places. I feel sorry for the deceased worker’s family especially if he was a provider for his family. MHSRIP.
Its unfortunate a life has been lost but in mining operations these things are common. This accident involved a sub contractor other wise Lumwana Mine has strick safety measurers. There should have been something wrong with our colored nephew’s state of mind.
was the dump dark? dont they have reflectors. sorry dying at 18. My heart goes to the family.
Ceaser Coatzee, an 18 year old man of Chief Mumena in Solwezi District in North Western Province died on the spot at Lumwana mine.
What was he doing at 22:30 hrs as a casual?MHSRIP
Chabipa nokumfwa ! MHSRIP
Sad to hear. May His Soul Rest In Peace.
Lets wait for a safety investigation report. They will tell us what exactly happened.
Otherwise occupational hazards do happen, unfortunately.
At 18 this guy should have been in school or college and not in the mine. This is educative age and not productive age at all. Lumwana, what is your employment minimum limit?
THE CHAP MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN A DRUNKEN STATE, I DONT THINK THIS CEAZER COATZEE HAD ANY QUALIFICATIONS HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED COZ HIS SKIN PIGMENTATION. BY ZAMBIAN STANDARDS WHAT QUALIFICATIONS DID THE BOY HOLD TO BE EITHER FOREMAN OR MACHINE OPERATOR. THE BLAME SHOULD BE ON THE SUB CONTRACTOR AND NOT LCM. THOSE GUYS ARE STRICT WITH SAFETY RULES AND THESE HAVE TO BE OBSERVED BY ALL. LOOKING AT THE TIME THE ACCIDENT HAPPANED THERE MUST HAVE BEN SOME LAPSES. THIS BOY COULD HAVE FOUND HIS WAY INTO THE MINE LABOUR FORCE USING FAMILY CONNECTIONS. MY HEART IS WITH THE FAMILY ON THE LOSE OF CEASER COATZEE.
Political monument the minimum age for employment is 16 years in zambia
No 9 your level of understanding is low.The guy worked for WHBO not Lumwana
Sorry 9 I meant 13 .You should check the facts of the story
What is wrong with employing an 18 year old? Has NCC changed the law on that one???
may his soul rest in peace
DD this happen at nite or day tym ,maybe was this person condition okay?
What a tragedy. MHSRIP and my condolensces to the family. Accidents can happen anywhere, anytime, so let’s give thanks to God who watches over our lives every single day.
sorry to the family.may his soul rest in peace.
#6 they have already forgotten wandi this issue of saftey at work places is a problem filieko tuleya.bafumepo twikaleko naifwa may just maybe
THE INVESTIGATOR your an ***** i was one of the production expat supervisors at lumwana that day and he wasnt a operator he was a spotter on night shift he fell asleep on a pile of dirt and the excavator swung around and didnt see him and cut through him
how but shut ure mouth and only comment if you know what actually happened
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