PRESENTATION TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON MHS 2013/ 14

ANNUAL REPORT

15 October 2014

Programme 2: Mine Health and Safety 1

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

1. MHSI Mandate and Mission.

2. Mine Employment Statistics.

3. Occupational Health and Safety Performance.

4. OHS challenges and corrective measures.

5. Safety Achievements.

6. Conclusion.

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Acronyms• ABET – Adult Basic Education and Training.• AIDS – Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.• DMR – Department of Mineral Resources.• FET – Further Education and Training. • GCC – Government Certificate of Competency.• HIV – Human Immunodeficiency Virus.• MHSC – Mine Health and Safety Council.• MHSI – Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate.• MQA – Mining Qualification Authority.• NDP – National Development Plan.• NIHL – Noise Induced Hearing Loss.• OHS – Occupational Health and Safety.• PDS – Proximity Detection Systems.• PTB – Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

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MHSI MANDATE AND MISSION

MANDATE

To execute the Department’s mandate to safeguard the health and safety of mine employees and people affected by mining activities.

MISSION STATEMENT

The MHSI strives towards a safe and healthy mining industry. This is to be achieved by reducing mining related deaths, injuries and ill health through the formulation of national policy and legislation, the provision of advice, and the application of systems that monitor and enforce compliance with the law in the mining sector.

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Mining Legacy: Unknown Worker Graves Old Hostel

overlooking cemetery

Graves of unknown workers

Worker Equipment

Placed on grave

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Key Challenges

• Occupational fatalities and injuries.• Occupational Diseases and TB/HIV/AIDS.• Skills Development.• Illegal mining.

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Corrective Measures1. Occupational fatalities and injuries.– Commenced with OHS campaigns and prioritizing monitoring of mines as historically

most accidents occur during remaining period of the year.

– CEOs requested to engage independent institutions to review company’s health and safety systems.

– Developing promotional material, including videos, on preventing sexual harassment and enhancing women OHS.

– Developing and will be implementing guideline on fire prevention.– Conducting research on worker tracking technology to assist during emergency

response. – Developing regulations on trackless mobile machinery which include requirement on

use of Proximity Detection Systems (PDS).

– Monitor the implementation of 2011 Summit commitments on elimination of fatalities and injuries.

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Corrective Measures2. Occupational Diseases and TB/HIV/AIDS.– Collaborate with social partners in monitoring the implementation of

2011 Summit commitments on elimination of silicosis, NIHL, TB, HIV and Aids.

– Monitor implementation of Guidance Note for the Management of TB at the mines.

– Mining Companies are now reporting on the programmes implemented in relation to HIV and TB annually to the DMR.

– Conduct verification of mine sampling on dust measurements and results.

– Developed and will be implementing a guideline on fatigue Management.

– MHSC coordinating research on prevalence of non-communicable diseases in mining sector also in support of NDP.

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3. Skills development.–Implement the Certificate of Competency Examination model.

–Collaborate with the MQA to enhance skills development including on ABET, bursaries, artisans, artisan aides and jewellery making.

–1000 unemployed youth trained on portable and entrepreneurial skills. Training taking place in various municipalities such as Dr Kenneth Kaunda Municipality, Matlosana Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Merafong Municipality and Bojanala Municipality. The MQA will continue with the programmes in other identified areas including Marikana to assist the unemployed youth.

–The MQA regional offices are now operational in rural FET colleges in the Northern Cape, Free State, Mpumalanga, North West, Limpopo and Eastern Cape.

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4. Illegal mining.

– Continue with the rehabilitation of derelict mines and the sealing of open shafts and holings to prevent access to underground workings.

– Strengthen the legal provisions to criminalize this form of illegal mining activities.

– Support the law enforcement agencies initiatives including strengthening of charges and sentencing of criminal syndicates.

– Promote legitimate mining and removal of exposed minerals where necessary.

– Encourage land use where illegal mining sites have been rehabilitated.

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Coal

BHP Billiton Msobo Coal Coal of Africa Glencore (Coal) Sudor Coal Kuyasa Mining Total Coal Continental Coal Forbes Coal

Shanduka Coal DiamondsDe Beers Trans Hex Mining Alexkor

Platinum Wesizwe Platinum Eastern Platinum

OtherLafarge SA Holdings PPC AfriSam

Shiva Uranium Kalahari Resouces

Mining Companies without fatalities for 12 months

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• Although there has been a significant progress in OHS in the sector, a collective effort is still required to ensure that every worker returns home unharmed every day.

• Zero Harm is possible in the industry, the coal sector could reach this significant milestone sooner than the other major mining sectors.

• It is only through the continued collaboration and adequately responding to the changing landscape that Zero Harm can be achieved in the mining sector.

CONCLUSION

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Thank you.

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