Muscat: An Asian worker was killed in a landslide in Tawi Al Nisf of Samayil province on Monday afternoon.
Huge boulders came crashing down from a mountainside as the worker was driving by on a truck, an official at the Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance told Gulf News.
The victim was employed with a company carrying out excavation work, said the official.
The official added that it took civil defence personnel more than two hours to retrieve the body.
The General Federation of Oman Trade Union called on companies to abide by safety rules.
“Oman has signed several agreements with international and regional organisations concerning with the rights of workers,” says Nabhan Al Batashi, chairman of the federation.
The Royal Oman Police (ROP) along with other relevant authorities are investigating the incident.
