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State of OHS at Mines and Activities of the MHSI: 2005-06

State of OHS at Mines and Activities of the MHSI: 2005-06. TE GAZI Acting Chief Inspector of Mines Department of Minerals and Energy. Discussion Topics. Background The Mining & Minerals Industry OHS Performance Activities and Programme performance Topical Issues. Background. The MHSI

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State of OHS at Mines and Activities of the MHSI: 2005-06

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  1. State of OHS at Mines and Activities of the MHSI: 2005-06 TE GAZI Acting Chief Inspector of Mines Department of Minerals and Energy

  2. Discussion Topics • Background • The Mining & Minerals Industry • OHS Performance • Activities and Programme performance • Topical Issues

  3. Background • The MHSI • A branch of the DME • Established in terms of the MHSA • Responsible for regulating OHS in the mining industry • MHSI Responsibilities: • Monitoring of compliance to OHS requirements • Enforcement of OHS requirements at mines

  4. Background (cont.) • Conduct investigations and inquiries into mining accidents • Develop policies that promote OHS • The MHSA requires CIOM to prepare an Annual Report on: • The state of health & safety at mines • Activities of the Inspectorate

  5. Minerals Sector Profile • The “bed rock” of SA’s industrialisation • Contribution to GDP • Direct 7% • Indirect 15% • Significant contributor to employment: 500 000 employees • Major global producer of Gold, PGM, Manganese, Coal, Diamond, etc

  6. Minerals Sector Profile (cont.) • Operations: • High Risk-Large, deep, labour intensive Gold & Platinum u/g mines • Medium Risk-Mechanised Base Metal and Coal Mines • Low Risk-Surface mines

  7. Occupational Safety-Accidents Data

  8. Safety Performance-Fatalities

  9. Safety Performance-Injuries

  10. Safety Performance-Classification

  11. Safety Performance-Classification

  12. OHS Performance • Occupational Health • Data collection and analysis a concern • Control at source a major challenge • Best practice / benchmark info starting to emerge • More visible commitment to addressing health is essential

  13. Occupational Health (Cont.) • Performance • Gold Miners:15-20% silicosis at autopsy • Coal Miners:7-10% pneumoconiosis • 14% of all respirable crystalline silica samples submitted do not comply with OEL’s • HIV and silicosis have a multiplicative effect on health • 89% of Mineworkers exposed to noise levels above 85dB • 240 cases of TB per 1000 autopsies v/s 40 cases 25 years ago.

  14. Programme Performance • Service Delivery Indicators • Fatality frequency rates are 16% down v/s the 20% target set. • Investigations and inquiries-finalisation within set time frame the main problem • Inquiries-39% v/s 80% • Investigations-71% v/s 80% • Transformation is still a challenge due to job-reservation legacy • Whites- 44% v/s 28% • Females-27% v/s 45%

  15. Topical Issues • Staff Turn Over • Competition with private sector for required skills • Retirement • Increasing SMME participation • Resource base stretched by increasing number of new entrants. • Limited skills capacity of SMME increases risk potential.

  16. Topical Issues (cont.) • MHSI Restructuring • Integration • Bill • Framework • Business case • Challenges • Illegal/Criminal mining • TB Control Programmes

  17. Thank you

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