{"id":246507,"date":"2023-11-30T09:42:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T01:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=246507"},"modified":"2023-11-30T09:42:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T01:42:12","slug":"south-africa-eleven-dead-in-accident-at-platinum-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=246507","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: Eleven dead in accident at platinum mine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/assets\/news_photos\/2023\/11\/28\/image-160454-1701154952.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>JOHANNESBURG, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Eleven workers at a South African platinum mine were killed and dozens injured after an elevator bringing the workers back up to the surface malfunctioned, the mine&#8217;s operator said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Impala Platinum said the &#8220;serious accident&#8221; happened on Monday in the late afternoon at its mine in Rustenburg, northwest of Johannesburg, as employees were leaving one of the shafts at the end of their shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our hearts are heavy for the lives lost and the individuals affected by this devastating accident,&#8221; Impala Platinum&#8217;s (Implats) CEO, Nico Muller, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are deeply shocked and saddened by the loss of our colleagues and are in the process of ensuring all next of kin have been contacted&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company said 75 workers were injured and were transferred to local hospitals and admitted for treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Implats spokesman Johan Theron said some were severely injured, most suffered from ankle and leg fractures, and others walked out with minor scratches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accident happened shortly before 5pm on Monday as the lift hoisting employees &#8220;unexpectedly started descending&#8221;, according to the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Its rapid descent was stopped by the conveyance counterweight becoming trapped by the jack catches,&#8221; it said in a statement. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHANNESBURG, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Eleven workers at a South African platinum mine were killed and dozens injured after an elevator bringing the workers back up to the surface malfunctioned, the mine&#8217;s operator said. Impala Platinum said the &#8220;serious accident&#8221; happened on Monday in the late afternoon at its mine in Rustenburg, northwest of Johannesburg, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246507"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=246507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246509,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246507\/revisions\/246509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=246507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=246507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=246507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}