Raphael Trotman is to launch an inquiry into the collapse of mining pits which resulted in deaths and injuries to miners.A release from the Ministry of the Presidency stated that a multi-stakeholder Committee will conduct the inquiry, which will work independent of the Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC).However, the Committee is authorised to request any relevant information from any employee through the Commissioner of GGMC in order to carry out its functions.According to the release, the five-member Committee will comprise individuals knowledgeable and competent in the their respective fields, and will? include officials from the Ministry of Social Protection (Labour Department), Ministry of National Security and the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association.“It’s expected that by the 31st July, 2015, a Report detailing the Committee’s findings,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, along with recommendations for immediate and long-term actions, in addition to areas for subsequent investigations,Wholesale NFL Jerseys Online, will be submitted to the Minister of Governance. (June 22,Cheap Jerseys, 2015).”“The issue of safety in the mining sector is one of paramount importance to this administration. In recent times, a number of reports have reached the Ministry of the Presidency and the general public about the collapse of pits and other incidents resulting in the injury and some cases, deaths of miners. More importantly, reports also indicate that regulatory agencies (namely the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission) are restrained by the “Orders of the Court” from executing their mandate that in many instances may have prevented injury and the loss of life,” the release stated.“Our Human Capital is of pivotal importance to the sector and the country as a whole, and cannot be lost to what may appear to be avoidable situations.”This year has already been a horrendous one for Guyana’s mining fraternity, with statistics showing that accidental deaths of gold miners already exceed the figures for the entire 2014.At least 12 miners perished in the first five months of this year.On May 17, a pit reportedly some 40 feet deep, collapsed, trapping and killing 10 miners in Mowasi,Cheap Jerseys, Potaro. The dead were listed as Leyland Jones, 38, called ‘Foots’ of Grove, East Bank Demerara, who was the gold operations General Manager; his nephew Jason Trotman, 21; of Samatta Point, Grove Housing Scheme; Raymond August of 229 Bent St, Dartmouth, Essequibo; Bobby Brittlebank of 98 Wislock Housing Scheme, Linden; Michael Gardner of Better Hope, ECD; Sheldon and Orlando Clario; Desmond Martins; Trevon Phillips and Nanmore Kurt.In a herculean effort spanning an entire week, rescue workers braved rain and rough terrain to recover the bodies. It is the worst disaster in recent memory.On May 29, Thomas Anton, a diver of Kamarang died after some loose earth collapsed on him while he was operating mining equipment under water in Quimenang.Last week, Orlando Archer, 25, died at the Mahdia Hospital from injuries he sustained when the walls of a mining pit collapsed at Jumbie Creek, Potaro.On January 16, 2014, Rohno Rogers, 36, of 265 Freeman Street, La Penitence died in a mining pit mishap at Marudi, Region Nine.Further deaths rocked the mining fraternity in August when Clifton Rodrigues, Chairman of the Marudi Miners Association, and Leon Mootoo, 21, of West Berbice, died after their mining pit collapsed in Marudi, South Rupununi,Jerseys From China, sending an avalanche of mud down on top of them.Rocklyn Solomon, 32, a former police officer of Paradise Village, West Coast Berbice died on October 2, after his mine collapsed on him at Princeville, Potaro River.A few days later Nolan Lindie,Cheap Jerseys From China, 42, of Rosignol, West Bank Berbice, was working in a pit, some 20 feet deep in Mahdia on October 4th, when the walls came down on him. It took rescuers three hours to get to him, by which time it was too late.Tragedy continued in October when Orel Fordyce, 17, of Paradise, West Coast Berbice, drowned after falling into an abandoned mining pit filled with water on October 14.