Fall of ground accident at
Harmonys Masimong mine
Johannesburg. Monday, 15 June 2009. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony) regretfully
announces that a fall of ground accident occurred at its Masimong mine in the Free State last
Friday morning, resulting in the death of a mineworker.
Harmonys Chief Executive Officer, Graham Briggs and his management team, express their sincere
condolences to the family of the deceased.
Masimong has produced excellent safety results in the past year and its management team has
placed great emphasis on safety on a daily basis by rolling out effective behaviour-based safety
programmes. It remains unfortunate that such an incident still occurred. Harmony will continue to
address safety as a priority at all its operations, adds Briggs.
Management together with the Department of Minerals and Energy commenced investigations on Friday.
Work in the affected panel was stopped. No blasting will take place in this panel for four days.
The National Union of Mineworkers held a day of mourning for the deceased on Saturday.
ends.