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Mopani In Another Accident
Three miners have suffered burns at Mopani Copper Mine-MCM-Nkana division in Kitwe following an accident.
The accident happened when the three electrical artisans were working on a faulty substation at the plant at around 19 hours on Thursday.
Kitwe District Commissioner Chanda Kabwe has confirmed the accident at Mopani in an interview with ZNBC News in Kitwe.
Mr. Kabwe says preliminary investigations by the Mine Safety Department indicate that the accident was caused by human error.
He said the three injured miners are currently receiving medical attention at Wusakile Mine Hospital in Kitwe.
Mr. Kabwe has regretted the rise in mine accidents at Mopani adding that the latest accident could have been avoided if safety practices were observed.
Mopani Copper Mines Spokesperson Cephas Sinyangwe has promised to give a detailed report on the latest accident at the mine.
Posted by Kunda
on September 4, 2015. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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TRIPOLI
September 4, 2015 at 3:43 pm
who is the safety manager at mopani?
chewe V
September 4, 2015 at 8:07 pm
It seems Mopani will make an insurance company insolvent. A barrage of employers liability and personal accident claims will flood Mopani and its insurance company. I can suggest a very good claim agency to get good compensation for the injured miners for the injury, pain and trauma they have gone through. The trauma of near-death will last for many years to come. Claim amount for 284 miners and 3 miners will run into billions. Try Triple EMU Claim Agency for a quick and good settlement.
mashonga
September 4, 2015 at 3:52 pm
Let Mopani not run away for it mistake. Let the government send independent safety expert to investigate the cause of the accidents. Thy shouldn’t rush to mention that it was human error which caused the accident. We shall not get that information from in house investigation safety expert report.
calra
September 4, 2015 at 8:10 pm
Miner are livingperpetual fear of death any time they go under, like they are going to fight ISIS.
Chitutuma
September 4, 2015 at 4:47 pm
MOPANI: is this the mining company operated by the inefficient Indians?
Ashley Madison
September 5, 2015 at 10:56 am
No. Its a Glenco mine. The Swiss.
New Educated Zambia©❤√
September 4, 2015 at 6:15 pm
Kiki this country has gone to dogs under pf. So Mopani management itself who have an interest in ensuring that this accident is not their fault, carry out an an investigation and surprise surprise it is found that it is not their fault. Please PF can you wake up and look out for our people. The PF has failed you and I. We say vote upnd in 2016 so that you can see real management in place
hoza
September 4, 2015 at 6:19 pm
Kill us all bloody peruvians
Jony Tony
September 4, 2015 at 7:48 pm
Accident is not planned. Sorry to the victims and the company. If planned it is changes name to suicide.
onenchimz
September 4, 2015 at 8:18 pm
Really sad
M B
September 4, 2015 at 8:59 pm
Thanks to the almighty Jehova God this never happened.shame to those wishing the accident to v succeeded so that they politicise.
ALINUWILA
September 4, 2015 at 10:48 pm
My only hope and prayer is that the Miners remain calm otherwise fear may cause more harm than good at Mopani. May the good Lord help us.
observer
September 4, 2015 at 10:53 pm
politicking is not a good avenue whenever faced with some challenges,i hope the upnd shall be free of challenges when they form government in 2090, thank you all and may God bless you.
New Educated Zambia©❤√
September 5, 2015 at 9:03 am
Kikikikiki mind error there. You mean 2016 ukose
Dogshit
September 5, 2015 at 10:12 am
Konkola copper mines has lied that it has retrenched 133 miners,as of today over 500 miners have been given letters of retrenchment.what is Edgar lungu and his government doing?funny how.pipo being put on redundant have their jobs being replaced by Amsl contracting firm owned by Indians.Zambia wake up.
Kidman
September 5, 2015 at 10:39 am
This is insane not acceptable. Mopani should have opened their eyes & put up best safety measure after the previous accident. I think Chinese company’s are even better .
Dogshit
September 5, 2015 at 11:17 am
The number of miners being retrenched has now reached 1050.
Dogshit
September 5, 2015 at 11:19 am
Do you think pipo will vote for pf in chingola chililabombwa Kitwe and nampundwe?
Mitty Romney
September 5, 2015 at 11:34 am
We need to send independent investigation team from the mines safety department. you can not have the sinner audit himself nor give cause of accident.
Some senior person must have ensured safety of his workers. I wish quick recovery of the victims of the accidents so they can tell the truth during the investigation on what happened.
OMG
September 5, 2015 at 12:15 pm
Electrical flashes are common in substations.in most cases you need to wear a flash suit if you are working in a substation . obviously those guys were not wearing flash suits typical of routine jobs.Even Zesco load shedding workers have been burnt before by a flash.This is not politics amalight teyanobe speaking as an electrical engineer have experienced near misses.Ba Nez bena ati it is pf’s fault Yaba!
richard
September 5, 2015 at 12:18 pm
Safety is a responsiblity of every employ.Do An Act Of Safety.Lets blame our employers for our negligence.
Brian
September 5, 2015 at 1:36 pm
Forcing workers to immediately attend to a problem to the extent of not allowing them to wear safety gadgets is criminal action of the employer. Mopani shall be prosecuted and made an example of them.