General News of Thursday, 4 April 2019Source: citinewsroom.comAnglogold ordered to pay drowned employee’s family GHC9mThe deceased, George Emil Baffuor died a month to the expiration of his contractAn Accra High Court has ordered Anglogold Ashanti to pay GHC9 million to the family of one of their employees who drowned in its Adansi underground mine at Obuasi in October 2015. The court said Anglogold miscalculated the water level and the failed to ensure constant reliable communication between the winding engine driver and the rest of its team leading to the incident. The plaintiffs argued that the deceased lost his life due to the gross negligence of the multinational mining giant. The plaintiffs claimed that it took about seven hours before the deceased lifeless body was retrieved and deposited at Anglo­gold Ashanti Hospital morgue. According to the plaintiffs, the engineer died “by reason of the negligence and/or breach of duty on the part of the defendant, its ser­vants, agents and assigns.”

Source: GhanaWeb April 04, 2019 13:41 UTC