Mine worker crushed to death at De Beers operations in Limpopo

By African News Agency      / March 27, 2018 / www.miningweekly.com / Article Link

JOHANNESBURG – A female employee was crushed to death when she fell onto a conveyer belt at De Beer's Venetia diamond mine in Limpopo, police said on Monday.

Spokespeson Brigadier Motjafela Mojapelo said the incident happened on Sunday.

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''The conveyer belt ultimately dragged her into a stone scrubber where her body was found trapped between the rocks with multiple wounds. A case of culpable homicide has since been opened.''

The woman was identified as 31-year-old Maggie Dimakatso Semata.

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Venetia mine is in Alldays, 80 km outside the town of Musina.

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