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Mining Weekly reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has expressed concern about the death on Tuesday of a mineworker at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Beatrix operation, in the Free State.
The union indicated that, according to a report received, a suspected blasting incident happened at 3 North Shaft at Beatrix, resulting in a fall of ground which injured five mineworkers and killed one winch driver. Sibanye confirmed the incident, adding that the remaining four employees were in a Welkom-based hospital under observation. AMCU health and safety national chairperson Xolani Bokoloshe was unable to confirm whether this incident was “the result of blasting or whether it happened owing to erosion on the face”. He reiterated that AMCU had consistently called for mine bosses to be held criminally liable for accidents where negligence could be proven. AMCU also recently called on the Department of Mineral resources and Energy to lead an inquest into the rising mining fatalities. There has been no update yet in that regard, though Sibanye emphasised that "all incidents are investigated with the regulators and other stakeholders and remedial efforts made to try and prevent incidents occurring in future". The total number of mining fatalities for 2021 currently stands at 65, already surpassing the fatalities in 2020 (60) and 2019 (51) at year-end
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