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BusinessLive reports that the number of people killed on South African mines in 2016 fell 5% year-on-year to 73, with large gold and platinum mines the largest contributors, Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane said on Thursday.
The number of injuries fell to 2,662 from 3,138 in the previous year. Zwane also reported that the number of reported occupational diseases declined by 1%. In the platinum sector the number of fatalities increased by 29% to 27, while the number of deaths in the gold sector fell by 3% to 30. The biggest cause of deaths on mines came from falls of ground, which contributed to a third of fatalities, while transport and railway equipment contributed 14%. General accidents made up 21%.
- This short report by Allan Seccombe is at BusinessLive
- Read too, Mining safety first, profits second, says Zwane, at Fin24
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