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Labour Ministry Probes Airport Construction Incident That Killed 2 People

August 18, 2026News

The Ministry of Employment, Labour and Social Security has launched an investigation into a construction incident at Freetown International Airport that killed two people and injured two others.

The dead were one Sierra Leonean and one Senegalese national; survivors are being treated at Life Care Hospital.

The Ministry has engaged FB Group, the contractor on the Julius Maada Bio International Conference Centre project, and visited the deceased worker’s family to discuss compensation under Sierra Leone’s labour laws.