Investigations are under way at Harmony Gold Mining’s Target mine at Welkom in the Free State Province, South Africa into the death of an employee who was fatally injured on Feb 3 in a fall of earth that was triggered by a seismic event.
CEO Peter Steenkamp says the fatality follows a safety day last Friday when all company operations and surface plants were halted to reinforce and revitalise its journey towards improving safe behaviour in the workplace.
Every effort is made to embed a proactive safety culture within Harmony, Steenkamp says. “Our goal is zero harm.”