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Rock-drill operator dies at Lonmin’s K3 shaft

21st February 2017

By: Creamer Media Reporter

     

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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – An investigation is under way after a rock-drill operator died and two other employees were injured in an incident at dual-listed Lonmin’s K3 shaft on Friday.

Lonmin on Tuesday said a preliminary investigation indicated that the incident was possibly the result of the rock-drill operator drilling into a misfired hole.

“The area where the incident occurred will remain closed until the investigation is completed by the tripartite of the Department of Mineral Resources, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union and Lonmin,” the company said in a statement.

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