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AMCU calls for tougher mine safety regulations

12th July 2019

By: Marleny Arnoldi

Online News Editor

     

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The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) last week called for greater accountability concerning mine safety and tougher regulations across the mining industry, following a fatality at Harmony’s Kusasalethu mine, last week.

An employee died following a shaft-related incident at the mine, near Carletonville.

AMCU explained that an assistant to an onsetter, which is a person in charge of winding operations through the main shaft, was killed during the conveyance of material cars at the 105 Level station. One assistant died from his injuries, while another was admitted to hospital.

The union pointed out that the incident brought the number of fatalities at Harmony’s operations to six for the year-to-date. The first five fatalities occurred at the Bambanani shaft, and at the Doornkop, Phakisa and Tshepong mines.

“AMCU calls for direct intervention by the Mineral Resources and Energy Minister, Gwede Mantashe,” said union president Joseph Mathunjwa in a statement.

Fatalities in the mining industry for the year-to-date stands at 24, and the number of reportable injuries at 1 156, according to the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Online Managing Editor

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