Fire Incident Impala

Every year there is a fatality at one of it's shafts Styldrift mine and from one section under one manager. This has been happening for 4 consecutive years and management is turning a blind eye on this because they think that section manager is doing a good job. Recently there was an incident which was supposed to be reported to the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) according to the laws of the land but that incident was never reported because that manager gave an instruction for the incident not to be reported. The incident almost got people killed again this year in April. There is a machine number DV02 which caught fire and affected employees in the whole south section who inhaled a lot of smoke. Now some people complain about chest problems but if one raises health and safety concerns in that section the manager will chase you away or get you fired.

The DMRE Law says if there is a fire incident at any workings underground, it must be reported to control of that mine and to the DMRE for investigations but at Impala it's not happening.

My request is for you to assist us by conducting the CEO of Impala and enquire why the incident was not reported because people are sick now due to that fire incident.

Here are the details of the fire incident Date of fire = 1 April 2024 Machine on Fire = DV02 Section 123 Other Facts # Control was not informed # DMRE was not informed # Health & Safety Department was not informed # An instruction was issued not to report the fire incident from the manager # Engineering Supervision didn't go to the scene of the incident. # Stakeholders ( Manager of the section, TMM Supervision, Operator of machine, Miner, Shift BOSS, Artisans, Crew members of Section 123. All these people were affected and can attest to this.

We are available for more information if needed. Please channel this case to Impala Head Office and the DMRE Head Office otherwise everything can be suppressed. The main worry is people are sick but they can't complain for fear of victimization.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon. I'm willing to sit with the Impala CEO or DMRE and explain this case.

Regards Sim