A quarry labourer has from an explosion in Kinamba after an explosive he was setting up blew up on him.
According to a fellow worker Jackson Mathenge, all they heard was a loud bang and the deceased was cut into pieces and died on the spot due to the impact of the explosive.
“We do not know what triggered the explosion, it is many years since a similar incident occurred”, he added.
The police have moved the deceased’s remains to the Naivasha Sub-county Hospital Mortuary.
Mathenge had told the police that it was the norm to use explosives in the quarry to break down boulders that would be later turned into building stones.
A 2018 report by the National Environmental Complaints Committee (NECC) stated that quarry workers often expose themselves to dangerous chemicals in the highly toxic environment.
The committee also accused mining companies of failure to rehabilitate the sites after exhausting its resources.