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30 Jul 2015

Author:
Starsky Mkhonta, Swazi Observer (Swaziland)

Swaziland: Timber company employee dies after being crushed by falling boards

'Montigny employee crushed to death by machine', 30 Jul 2015:…[A]n employee at Montigny Investments…timber company was crushed to death after piles of….boards…[fell] on him…Nhlanhla Gwangibane Mdluli…was on the night shift…when he met his death…[It] was resolved that work should not proceed to allow all the relevant authorities…to assist in the investigations…Montigny…Public Relations Officer Mashumi Shongwe confirmed the tragedy, saying the company was still trying to establish the cause of the incident…Shongwe said…“…[T]here are four reports…expected in relationship to this incident…[from] [t]he police, the labour department, unions and management…We…have decided to involve all parties in establishing the truth,” said Shongwe…Montigny…management has passed its condolences to the family of…Nhlanhla Gwangibane Mdluli…Shongwe said…“…[M]anagement is prepared to assist the family in anyway possible. The family’s loss is the company’s loss,”…Shongwe stated that as a company they would do everything to ensure that a tragedy of this nature was avoided in future.