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Report on State of OHS at Mines and Activities of the MHSI: 2006-07

Report on State of OHS at Mines and Activities of the MHSI: 2006-07. TE GAZI Chief Inspector of Mines Department of Minerals and Energy. Discussion Topics. Introduction Legislation MHSI responsibilities The Mining & Minerals Industry OHS Performance Safety Matters Health Matters

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Report on State of OHS at Mines and Activities of the MHSI: 2006-07

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  1. Report on State of OHS at Mines and Activities of the MHSI: 2006-07 TE GAZI Chief Inspector of Mines Department of Minerals and Energy

  2. Discussion Topics • Introduction • Legislation • MHSI responsibilities • The Mining & Minerals Industry • OHS Performance • Safety Matters • Health Matters • Health and Wellness Programme • Training and Development • Improvement Strategies • Conclusion

  3. Introduction • Legislative frame work: MHSA 1996 • Protection of employees and other persons at mines, • Provide for appropriate systems for tripartite involvement in OHS matters • Defines duties, responsibilities and rights of • Employees, Employers and the State

  4. Introduction (cont.) The MHSI: • 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 • Conduct investigations and inquiries into mining accidents • Develop policies that promote OHS

  5. Minerals Sector Profile • The “bed rock” of SA’s industrialisation • Contribution to GDP • Direct 7% • Indirect 15% • Significant contributor to employment: 460 000 employees • JSE market capitalisation: 30% • Major global producer of Gold, PGM, Manganese, Coal, Diamond, etc

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

  7. Occupational Safety-Fatalities by Commodity

  8. Occupational Safety-Reportable Injuries by Commodity

  9. OHS Performance • Occupational Safety- Summarised • Number of persons killed on duty in 2006 was 200 down from 201 in 2005. • Corresponding Fatality rates remained unchanged at 0.20 per million hours (rpmh) worked. • Platinum sector fatalities decreased from 47 in 2005 to 40 in 2006. • The corresponding rates decreased at a desirable 21% from 0.14 to 0.11 rpmh • Gold sector fatalities increased from 105 in 2005 to 113 in 2006. • Rates increased an unacceptable 10% from 0.31 to 0.34 rpmh

  10. OHS Performance (cont.) • Occupational Safety • Coal sector fatalities increased from 16 in 2005 to 19 in 2006. • The corresponding rates increased at a worrying 23% from 0.13 to 0.16 rpmh • Diamond sector fatalities decreased from 7 in 2005 to 4 in 2006. • Rates decreased a highly commendable 44% from 0.16 to 0.09 rpmh

  11. Safety Performance-Classification

  12. Occupational Health • Legislative Background • Risk assessment • A system of Medical Surveillance • Annual Medical Report

  13. Health Performance-Airborne Pollutants

  14. Health Performance-Noise

  15. Occupational Diseases

  16. Health and Wellness Programmes • HIV Tripartite Committee • HIV Principal Tripartite Committee • HIV and AIDS Summit • Survey on HIV & AIDS interventions as declared at the 2003 HIV & AIDS summit • National Strategic Plan for HIV & AIDS (2000-2005)

  17. HIV Programmes Survey Results: Overall VCT Voluntary Counselling & Testing ARV – Anti Retroviral STI – Sexually Transmitted Infection TB - Tuberculosis

  18. HIV Programmes Survey Results: Prevention

  19. HIV Programmes Survey Results: Socio-Economic Factors

  20. HIV Programmes Survey Results: Treatment, Care & Support

  21. Improvement Strategies • Knowledge Management • Integration of databases to assist in identifying problem areas proactively • Service provider appointed to commence with development of new system • Audit & inspection methodologies being revised to improve quality and effectiveness • Workplaces being stopped for high risk non-conformances and repeat offences (50 stopped recently) • Discussions with other law enforcement agencies on inquiry findings

  22. Improvement Strategies (cont) • Enforcement Activities (cont.) • Admin Fines being imposed for serious transgressions (R216 000 imposed since April 2007 and R600k under appeal) • Occupational Health • DME is reviewing the policy on TB to align it with the new National TB Strategy • DME collaboration with DOH: • Improve on problems experienced with reporting TB statistics in the mining industry • Improve on incapacitation strategy

  23. Training and Development Plan Training and Development Internship Programme Bursary Scheme

  24. Programme Performance • Service Delivery Indicators Investigations and inquiries-finalisation within set time frame the main problem • Inquiries-59% vs 80% target • Investigations-75% vs 80% • Vacancies- 21% vs the 10% target • Staff Turn Over-14% vs the 10% target • Transformation • Africans - 56.1% vs 65% target • Whites - 40.5% vs 27.7% • Coloureds - 3.0% vs 5.7% • Asians - 0.4% vs 1.6% • Females - 31.1% vs 45% • Male - 68.9 vs 55% • Disabled 1.5% vs 2%

  25. Conclusion • MHSI Needs to look into the following to make an impact • Recruitment and retention • Training and development • Knowledge management • Audits and Inspections quality • Enforcement

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