The Union has condemned the death of two workers, who were crushed by a collapsing offloading machine at the Port of Mombasa. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]Covid 19 Time SeriesTwo people have died and six others injured at the port of Mombasa after they were crushed by a machine as they handled fertiliser. The injured have been admitted to Coast General Hospital Teaching and Referral Hospital in critical condition after the 5pm incident. The two, an engineer and assistant were reportedly installing a hopper machine for discharge and storage of fertilisers at Portside Freight Terminals, a private firm when the accident happened. He blamed KPA management for allowing the private firm to start the operations at the shed leading to the accident.

Source: Standard Digital August 01, 2020 11:48 UTC