South Africa’s Department of Labour is in the process of wrapping up its investigations into the cause of a cableway accident that injured two people last Friday in Hartbeespoort in the North West.
The final report on the accident is expected to be finalised in the next four weeks, the department said in a statement.
Earlier this week the department enlisted the services of the South African Police Service forensic team to collect technical data that will help shed light on why a cable-car carrying the two injured plunged 18m from the mountaintop near Hartbeespoort Dam.
The department’s occupational health and safety inspectors who visited the scene of the accident immediately slapped the cableway company — Hartbeespoort Kabospoor — with a prohibition notice halting all operations pending investigations.
The South African police forensic team is currently evaluating the evidence and Department of Labour inspectors are still collecting information from the scene and interviewing eyewitnesses.
The prohibition order will not be revoked until labour inspectors are satisfied that the cableway operator meets all safety requirements in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the department said.
Once the final reports are completed, they will be forwarded to the Department of Justice with recommendations.
The injured suffered multiple injuries from the incident and are recovering at Unitas hospital in Pretoria. — I-Net Bridge