NUM reports fatality at Gold Fields’ Beatrix mine

[miningmx.com] — THE National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Tuesday reported a fatality at GOLD FIELDS LIMITED ‘S Beatrix mine in the Free State.

The trade union said the mineworker died on Tuesday morning after a fall
of ground at the mine.

It said this comes immediately after another miner died at Gold Fields’ South Deep mine at the weekend.

The miner died after he was squashed against a tip barricade by a hopper of a train, the NUM said.

An investigation led by the Department of Mineral resources and the NUM
is currently underway.