Operations at one of the largest quarry sites in Naivasha are at a standstill after one of the workers was blown off by an explosive. The middle-aged man was blown off while setting up an explosive used to blow stones at Kinamba quarry located off the Naivasha-Kirima road.
It was reported that there was a moment of scare at the site as several employees and residents fled the area for fear of the explosive erupting once more. It took intervention of police to calm down the residents after they arrived at the scene and ferried the body to Naivasha sub-county mortuary hospital.
Jackson Muthenge, one of the workers at the quarry, confirmed the regularity of explosives to be used at the site for easy working with the stones that would later be turned into building stones.
He said it was the first incident the explosive went off unexpectedly and they are yet to determine what went wrong. “There was a loud bang and the deceased was cut into pieces and died on the spot due to the impact of the explosive,” he said.