mine’s number 1 shaft
“The impact on production will depend on the length of the shutdown,” Gold Fields spokesman Sven Lunsche said, adding that an investigation was underway.
South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), which initially reported on the fatality, also said another worker had been killed at the Buffelsfontein mine owned by Simmer & Jack Mines, but the company disputed that statement.
“There is no fatality at Buffelsfontein,” a spokesman told Reuters, but could not confirm if any miners had been seriously injured