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News24 reports that a Harmony Gold employee was killed in an accident at the company's Phakisa operation in Odendaalsrus, Free State, the company said on Thursday.
Spokesperson Sihle Maake said the employee, who was part of the electrical engineering team, died in an incident at the Nyala hoisting shaft on Wednesday night. She said that an investigation into the incident was underway, but indicated that it was not been related to blasting or drilling or a rock fall. It was apparently related to an issue more specific to maintenance and electrical engineering. This death followed two recent fatalities at two of the company's other operations. On 7 May an employee was killed at the company's Free State Bambanani mine, while on 30 April an employee was killed at the gold producer’s Doornkop operations, west of Johannesburg.
- Read the full original of the report by Jenni Evans in the above regard at News24
- Read Harmony’s short press statement at Harmony News
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