By: Mining weekly

“Despite receiving the best possible post-incident care at a top medical centre, our colleague tragically succumbed to his injuries. During this difficult time, our thoughts and heartfelt condolences go out to his family, friends and colleagues,” the company says in a February 26 statement.

This is the second loss of life from the incident. The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, with the support of Harmony’s management and organised labour, is conducting a thorough investigation into the incident.

This is the third FoG incident reported from the company’s mines this month alone. As previously reported by Mining Weekly, there were two separate loss-of-life incidents at the gold miner’s Doornkop and Joel mines on February 4, which resulted in five mineworkers losing their lives.