Four workers perished and a fifth was seriously injured following their fall to the bottom of a 40-meter deep chasm, in an authorized artisanal mining site in the town of Taous, we learned from local authorities in the province of Taous. ‘Erachidia.
Immediately alerted, the local authorities and elements of the Royal Gendarmerie and Civil Protection went to the scene to carry out intervention and rescue operations, notes the same source, specifying that the injured worker was transported to the regional hospital of Errachidia to receive the necessary care.
A judicial inquiry has been opened under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor’s office to elucidate the ins and outs of this accident, we conclude.
