A FIELD ALERT - Tragic Death in Nimba - Arcelor Mittal Geologist Dies at Yekepa Mine, Liberia

Health & Safety - Mining, Environmental, & Cybersecurity

Date posted: 10/30/15

Stephen D. Kollie reports that Henry Michael Fayiah, a Mittal Steel geologist, at Yekepa Mine, Liberia was killed when taking samples from the base of the iron ore stockpile for studies of ore density, moisture content when the a slide occurred covering Mr. Fayiah. Efforts to rescue him in time failed, primarily because he was alone at the time of the slide. This is the first fatality in the mine area and management is investigating the cause. Mr. Fayiah was an Arcelor Mittal Liberia employee and worked for their quality control department.