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Mine Health and Safety Review: Challenges and Strategies for Improvement

This workshop presentation outlines the current status of mine health and safety in the Mpumalanga region of South Africa, highlighting the challenges and strategies for significant improvement. It includes data on registered mines, mine employee statistics, occupational safety review, and occupational health review. The presentation also discusses milestones in occupational safety and health, fatality rates per commodity, fall of ground incidents, mine equipment accidents, and total accidents per year. Additionally, it addresses milestones in occupational health, such as the elimination of silicosis and noise-induced hearing loss. The presentation concludes with an examination of the challenges faced by the industry, including changes in legislation and compliance, the increase of small-scale miners, recurring accidents, and informal/illegal miners. Strategies for eliminating or reducing reportable accidents and improving health and safety management are also presented, including awareness campaigns, health and safety workshops, and enforcement by inspectors.

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Mine Health and Safety Review: Challenges and Strategies for Improvement

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  1. Contractors Management WorkshopMpumalanga Region Mine Health and Safety Review David Msiza Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate 16 February 2005 Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

  2. Presentation Outline • Registered Mines • Mine Employee Statistics • Occupational Safety Review • Occupational Health Review • Challenges • Strategies for significant improvement Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

  3. Type of Mine Total Underground Coal 42 Opencast Coal 28 Gold Platinum 12 2 Other (Chrome, Crushers, Vanadium, Sandworks, brickworks, Quarries, Lime, Granite,Manganese) 90 Registered mines Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

  4. Commodity No. of Employees Coal 42156 Gold 9099 Other 5629 TOTAL 56884 Mine employee statistics Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

  5. Occupational Safety Milestones • ZERO RATE OF FATALITIES AND • INJURIES • Gold sector • Coal, Platinum, and other mines Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

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  8. Fatality Rates per Commodity Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

  9. Fatality Rates per Commodity (cont’d) Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

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  12. Fall of Ground Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

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  14. Mine Equipment Accidents Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

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  16. TOTAL ACCIDENTS PER YEAR PER MAIN CONTRIBUTORJAN 1999 – DEC 2004 Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

  17. TOTAL ACCIDENTS PER YEAR PER MAIN CONTRIBUTORCOAL MINES: JAN 1999 – DEC 2004 Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

  18. DISTRIBUTION OF ACCIDENTS JAN 2004 –DEC 2004 Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

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  23. Occupational Health Milestones • 1. Elimination of Silicosis • By December 2008, 95%all exposure measurement results willbelow the occupational exposure limit for respirable crystalline of 0,1 mg/m3 . • After December 2013, using present diagnostic techniques, no new cases of silicosis will occur among previously unexposed individuals. • [Previously unexposed individual = Individual unexposed prior 2008 (i.e equivalent to a new person entering the industry at 2008)] Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

  24. (Continued) • 2. Elimination of Noise Induces Hearing Loss • After December 2008 the hearing conservation programmes implemented by industry must ensure that there is no deterioration in hearing greater than 10% amongst occupationally exposed individuals. • By December 2013 the total noise emitted by all equipment installed in any workplace must not exceed a sound pressure level of 110dB(A) at any location in that workplace. Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

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  26. Challenges • Inspectorate as Employer of Choice • Change in Legislation/ Compliance: • - Awareness • - Change Management • - Lack of Accountability • Increase of Small Scale Miners Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

  27. Challenges (Cont.) • Elimination of Recurring Accidents: + Inadequate Health and Safety Management Systems- - Culture -Risk Management - Lack of effective training - Improper Mine Accident Investigations • - Effectiveness of health and safety representatives • Informal/Illegal Miners Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

  28. Strategies to eliminate/reduce reportable accidents and ill health • Awareness campaigns: - Discussions with Executive/mine management/Unions - Health and safety workshops - Newsletters and Newsflashes Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

  29. Strategies (cont.) • Enforcement: Visibility by Inspectors Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

  30. Strategies (cont.) • Enforcement: Mines/working areas stoppages Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

  31. Strategies (cont.) • Enforcement: Administrative Fines • CommendMine’s Health and Safety Achievements Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

  32. Thank You !!! Department of Minerals and Energy South Africa for Development and Prosperity

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