27 Jul 2015

Worker killed at Freeport Indonesia mine

3:43 pm on 27 July 2015

Reports from Indonesia's Papua region say a worker has been killed at the Freeport Indonesia mine.

Freeport's Grasberg mine in Papua, Indonesia.

Freeport's Grasberg mine in Papua, Indonesia. Photo: AFP

Tempo reports the worker was severely injured after falling off a conveyor belt on Saturday at the mine's Mile Post 74 mining area.

A PT Freeport Indonesia spokesperson told the website the worker died on the spot and the death is under investigation.

28 workers were killed in a tunnel collapse two years ago at Freeport's Papua operation which is the world's second-biggest copper and gold mine.