Harmony gold miner found dead

A miner at Harmony Gold's Kusasalethu mine was found dead on Wednesday, the company said.

 

 

 "The employee was reported missing at Kusasalethu mine yesterday  [Tuesday] afternoon," CEO Graham Briggs said in a statement.  After not reporting to his section, a search was initiated which  lasted throughout the night, but he was found only on Wednesday. "Regrettably, rescue teams recovered the body of the employee in  a worked out area during the early hours of this morning [Wednesday]," Briggs said. The cause of death was not yet known and investigations were underway.

 

 - Sapa