{"id":12332,"date":"2018-05-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?guid=32c977b0338a504378c4d3a9e1d2ad2c"},"modified":"2018-05-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T00:00:00","slug":"death-toll-in-south-african-mining-accident-rises-to-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/death-toll-in-south-african-mining-accident-rises-to-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Toll in South African Mining Accident Rises to 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
A mining company in South Africa said Saturday that seven workers had died and six had been rescued after an earth tremor caused a rock fall at a gold mine.<\/P>
The Sibanye-Stillwater company said 13 miners were trapped at the Masakhane mine in Driefontein after the 2.2-magnitude quake Thursday.<\/P>
The company said the six who were rescued were in stable condition in a hospital. It said the company, the South African mining ministry and others would investigate the incident so that preventive measures could be put in place.<\/P>
South African labor officials have expressed concern about the safety record at Sibanye-Stillwater facilities. Earlier this year, about 1,000 miners were trapped at another Sibanye-Stillwater gold mine for nearly a day after a power failure. <\/P>
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Source: Voice of America<\/P>
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A mining company in South Africa said Saturday that seven workers had died and six had been rescued after an earth tremor caused a rock fall at a gold mine.The Sibanye-Stillwater company said 13 miners were trapped at the Masakhane mine in Driefontein …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n