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Nine killed in South Africa mine accident
Nine workers died in an accident at a South African mine outside Johannesburg on Thursday, a trade union said.
- Agencies
- Published: 17:18 May 1, 2008
Johannesburg: Nine workers died in an accident at a South African mine outside Johannesburg on Thursday, a trade union said.
The accident at Gold Field's South Deep mine occurred when a cage carrying the workers plummeted down a shaft, apparently because of a snapped cable, trade union Solidarity said in a statement.
Eight of the dead were contract workers, while the other was a South Deep mine worker, Solidarity said.
Gold Fields operations in South Africa have been suffering from a series of accidents recently. Five workers died in separate accidents on Tuesday as well.
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