Debswana safety team tours BCL mine

An underground operation at BCL
An underground operation at BCL

A team of experienced experts from Debswana mines is currently at the BCL Mine conducting a peer review to assist BCL improve on its safety performance.

Mmegi is privy to the details that the presence of the Debswana safety managers is to assist BCL management identify where things have been going wrong at the oldest and fatality-prone copper/nickel mine.

Besides the four miners who perished recently when a rope snapped while a cage was transporting workers at end of shift, in the past two years (2014/15) the BCL mine has recorded the highest number of fatalities in the sector with 11 deaths.

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