Here is the story:

http://www.miningweekly.com/article/sa-gold-platinum-mines-report-more-deaths-over-weekend-2009-05-25

While any fatality is unfortunate and avoidable, these numbers are truly shocking.  I’m not usually one to suggest government intervention, but clearly something needs to be done; the South African government could learn a great deal from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) here in the United States.

Of course, the individual companies could/should take action, and that would include better management systems and a good root cause analysis process.  A process like TapRooT®.

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