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Mining Weekly reports that Sibanye-Stillwater has confirmed that four employees were killed in two separate incidents on Friday, 3 December.
At about 02:30, an employee at the Khuseleka shaft, at the Rustenburg operations, died in a fall-of-ground incident which occurred while he was barring down the sidewall of a development end. Then, at about 10:00, three employees at 3 Shaft at the Beatrix operations died following a trackless mobile machinery incident. Sibanye has experienced a notable regression in fatalities this year, with 18 employees having lost their lives. In particular, the incident at Beatrix followed an incident earlier last week when another employee lost his life in a blasting incident. CEO Neal Froneman reacted that the number of fatal incidents Sibanye has experienced was "of grave concern" for management and the Sibanye board. On Friday, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) called for Froneman to resign and for the Sibanye board to be disbanded in light of the high number of fatalities at the producer’s mines this year. The union previously made submissions for amendments to the Mine Health and Safety Act to hold mining bosses accountable. AMCU also recently called on the state to lead an inquest into the rising number of fatalities this year across SA’s mining industry.
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