A 31-year-old miner employed by the Earl International Group Ghana Gold Limited was electrocuted early on Tuesday morning.
Around 4:00 in the morning of Tuesday, Paul Agbango was killed while working underground.
The business expressed regret to the family for the loss of their relative in the Upper East Region's gold-mining sector on Tuesday afternoon.
It is the most recent apology in a growing list of regrets expressed for mining-related accidents and fatalities that have been reported since 2008, when the Chinese-owned business, then known as Shaanxi Mining Company Limited, first began operations in the region.
16 individuals had perished in the mine in 2019 before the 31-year-old mineworker joined the organization on November 5, 2020, as a gathering-arm operator.
"It’s so sad," the company’s spokesperson, Ebenezer Bognaab, said as the miner’s body was being transported to the mortuary at the Upper East Regional Hospital. "We just have to empathise with the family of the deceased and allow for investigations to happen."
He continued: "It’s unfortunate that we had to record an incident of electric shock. We are very sorry, and we empathise with the family."
According to information obtained from the spokesman for the mining firm, Agbango, a resident of the mineral-rich Zongoyire in the Bawku West District, was electrocuted as he was using a gathering arm.
"He was on a night shift. He was assigned to a working phase as usual. He had almost finished his work and was reversing to clear the muck (broken ore). In the process of reversing, the machine accidentally cut off an electric cable, exposing the cable.
"The cable got into contact with the electrified machine (the gathering arm). And that was how he got electrocuted. We have formally informed the police. The police [are] escorting the body to the mortuary. We will proceed to inform the Minerals Commission," Mr Bognaab explained.