Rubbish collection tricycle kills five women at Mbeubeuss landfill
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
Five women waste pickers, including Adja Diop, died after being trapped by a rubbish collection tricycle at the Mbeubeuss landfill on the outskirts of Dakar. Their association’s president, Harouna Niasse, denounced failures to comply with safety rules at the site, according to RFM.
Five women waste pickers died on Monday morning, 26 October, after being trapped by a rubbish collection tricycle at the Mbeubeuss landfill on the outskirts of Dakar, RFM reports. They were working at the site at the time of the accident.
Harouna Niasse, president of the waste pickers’ association, denounced the failure to comply with safety standards during ongoing work at the landfill. He said workers had raised the alarm several times without receiving a response. Among the victims was Adja Diop, the association’s first vice-president and chair of the landfill’s savings committee.
Harouna Niasse also criticised the authorities’ silence over fatal accidents at the site and called for greater attention to the safety of waste pickers.
