Pakistani worker killed in accident at Iraq’s submerged tunnel project
2026-05-20T12:30:08+00:00
Shafaq News- Basra
A Pakistani worker died after a marine excavator overturned during excavation work at Iraq’s submerged tunnel project in Umm Qasr, south of Basra, a security source told Shafaq News on Wednesday.
The Umm Qasr Police Station received a report shortly after midnight from Umm Qasr Hospital confirming the death of Amjad Mahmoud Bashir, born in 1968, who worked for South Korea’s Daewoo Engineering & Construction, the company implementing the project.
According to preliminary findings, the accident occurred during offshore excavation operations when the excavator overturned, trapping the worker inside the machine, according to the source.
