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(Reuters) - A routine night shift ended in tragedy for Alseny Camara.
The 32-year-old was working for a Chinese subcontractor building a railway to reach Simandou - the world's largest new iron mining complex, which is being developed by Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto and its partners in West Africa.
Camara was unloading 1.3-tonne-bags of coal ash when the forklift he was operating hit a pillar and toppled over, crushing him.
He was one of six local workers killed between June 2023 a...
>>> Read more: Accidents at giant Simandou iron ore project kill more than a dozen workers, prompting inquiry
The 32-year-old was working for a Chinese subcontractor building a railway to reach Simandou - the world's largest new iron mining complex, which is being developed by Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto and its partners in West Africa.
Camara was unloading 1.3-tonne-bags of coal ash when the forklift he was operating hit a pillar and toppled over, crushing him.
He was one of six local workers killed between June 2023 a...
>>> Read more: Accidents at giant Simandou iron ore project kill more than a dozen workers, prompting inquiry
