4 articles tagged with “carbon monoxide”
Nigerian experts have identified carbon monoxide poisoning as the probable cause of recent miner fatalities in Plateau State, exposing systemic ventilation deficiencies in the country's informal mining sector.
A suspected carbon monoxide poisoning event at an artisanal mining site in Kampani Zurak, Wase Local Government Area, has killed dozens of miners, prompting immediate site closure and a federal investigation into safety compliance failures.
A federal investigation team has reached Wase mining community in Plateau State following a fatal carbon monoxide poisoning that claimed 37 lives, marking one of Nigeria's deadliest mining accidents in recent years.
A fatal incident at an underground mining operation in Wase Local Government Area claimed 33 lives and hospitalized 25 workers following carbon monoxide exposure, exposing systemic ventilation failures in Nigeria's artisanal and small-scale mining sector.