Miner dies after bucket full of ore fell down the shaft onto him
A 32-year-old mine worker in Matabeleland South died in a mine shaft accident after being hit on the head by a plastic bucket full of gold ore on last week on Wednesday.
Announcing on their Twitter page the Zimbabwe Republic Police tweet read that “When the timber supporting the bobbing dry machine lost position and forced the bucket down”.
A 32 year old male adult in Matabeleland South died in a mine shaft accident after being hit on the head by a plastic bucket full of gold ore on 08/07/20, when the timber supporting the bobbing dry machine lost position and forced the bucket down. Let’s be safety conscious.
— Zimbabwe Republic Police (@PoliceZimbabwe) July 10, 2020
The bobbing dry machine (Ndrayi) is also known as Overhead gear is a manual Lifting hoist that small-scale miners use to hoist ore, tools, and miners to and from the surface.
Some small-scale shafts are known to go to depths of over 60 metres like the Gadzema shafts at Gaint mine also known as Danangwe Youth in Mining Chegutu.