A fatality has occured at South Perth-based Aquarius Platinum Ltd's Kroondal mine in South Africa, after a fall of ground accident, the company has announced.
A fatality has occured at South Perth-based Aquarius Platinum Ltd's Kroondal mine in South Africa, after a fall of ground accident, the company has announced.
The full text of a company announcement is pasted below
Aquarius Platinum Limited advises with deep regret that a fatality occurred today at the Central Shaft at the Kroondal Platinum Mine. The fatal accident occurred at approximately 11:00 today (15 November 2007). The Murray and Roberts Cementation employee died following a fall of ground accident. The process of notifying the next of kin is in hand. No other employees were injured.
The Inspector of Mines has been notified of the accident and a site inspection will be held as soon as is possible. A joint Aquarius Platinum and National Union of Mineworkers team has already completed an in-loco investigation.
As a result of the preliminary investigation, instructions have been issued for all 1,300 employees at the shaft to return to surface and that the shaft will be closed to inspect, assess and make the area safe. Employees from this shaft will undergo safety retraining, with an emphasis on hazard identification and will return to work when the Aquarius management is satisfied with the completion of the remedial action.