Lonmin Karee 3 Operation
11
April
2011
Shaft Sinkers Holdings plc (LSE:SHFT), the international shaft sinking and underground construction group, deeply regrets to announce a fatal mine accident at the Lonmin Karee 3 Operation in the Marikana area.
On Tuesday morning, 5 April 2011, Mr Sansao Macamo, an employee of Shaft Sinkers (Pty) Limited, was involved in an underground mining accident when he fell down an ore pass.
Rescue teams immediately started a search and rescue operation to try to retrieve Mr Macamo from inside the ore pass. The teams worked around the clock but regrettably in the early hours of Friday, 8 April 2011 the body of Mr Macamo was found.
Mr Macamo’s wife and immediate family have already been notified of his death.
A full investigation into the circumstances of the accident is underway involving internal and external professional investigators, as well as the Department of Mineral Resources.
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