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Coal-mine implements lion’s approach to safety

By: renay de 7th May 2004 The management of Greenside Colliery are passionate in their dedication to safety. However, in spite of this, an underground worker was injured while working under unsupported ground. →

Project seeks to guide miners on HIV/Aids

By: renay de 7th May 2004 In an attempt to mitigate the impact of the HIV/Aids epidemic on South Africa’s mining industry, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) supported a project to develop a guide to help mining companies and their partners in Southern Africa tackle the HIV/Aids pandemic. →

Group strives to improve its safety record

By: renay de 7th May 2004 Mining is still a dangerous occupation, although there has been a steady decline in the fatality rate in the mining industry since 1984. However, South Africa still has a high fatality rate in its mining industry. →

Union and chamber to raise silicosis awareness

By: renay de 7th May 2004 A joint venture (JV) was established between the National Union of Mine Workers (Num) and the Chamber of Mines in February, to look at the challenges posed by silicosis, and test any possible solutions. →

Mining contractor again hits the one-million mark

7th May 2004 One of South Africa’s leading mining contracting company, Cementation Mining, has reached the a million fatality-free shifts mark for the second time in less than three years. →

Safety starts at the top, says company

By: candice haase 9th May 2003 Safety must be integrated as a core business and personal value. →

New strategy to communicate safety hazards

By: candice haase 9th May 2003 With literacy levels among mineworkers reportedly at an alarmingly low rate of 7%, alternatives to communicate best practice underground have had to be devised. →

Licensee scheme open to independent consultants

9th May 2003 Occupational safety, health and environmental (SHE) risk management company, Nosa, says it trains more than 20 000 people a year. →

Safety shower and eyewash product range expanded

9th May 2003 Current legislation places greater emphasis on employee safety in the workplace. →

Hearing loss, nutrition and dust-control under investigation

By: candice haase 9th May 2003 Research body CSIR Miningtek’s Occupational Health Research Area (OH RA) focuses on two broad areas within the field of occupational health and hygiene. →

Union on Aids drugs and danger of overtime

By: candice haase 9th May 2003 The provision of antiretrovirals is only one facet that needs to be refined in the treatment and prevention of HIV/Aids among mineworkers and mining communities. →

DME reports stable fatality and injury rates

9th May 2003 Despite the slight increase in the total number of people at work on South African mines, fatality and injury rates remained constant and trailed off respectively during 2002, according to the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME). →

Community involvement key to Aids strategy

By: candice haase 9th May 2003 As HIV/Aids strengthens its grip on the workforce in the mining industry, research activity and programme development for the communities surrounding the mines continue to develop at CSIR Miningtek. →

Chemicals get dust pollution under control

10th May 2002 Mpumalanga-based firm Enviroclean, in co-operation with leading water and speciality chemical treatment firm BHT, of Chloorkop, has developed a complete new range of cost-effective dust suppressants. →

Mine health and safety issues to be tackled at conference

By: candice haase 10th May 2002 Commercial law firm Brink Cohen Le Roux and Roodt and Butterworths (BCLR) will convene the Occupational Health and Safety conference that will take place in Johannesburg and Durban at the end of this month. →

Technology narrows hazard-awareness gap between workers and managers

By: candice haase 10th May 2002 The research that Chris Chow, now business development director at Atio Corporation, an information technology (IT) company, carried out five years ago when he was a health and safety consultant at a large South African Consulting House, has resulted in the development of IT applications to... →

'Grand old lady' of diamond-mining becomes latest safety millionaire

10th May 2002 De Beers’ Kimberley Mines has been awarded the NOSA and Mines’ Health and Safety Council (MHSC) “Millionaire” Award for achieving three million fatality-free shifts. →

Mine fatalities should not be par for the course

By: candice haase 10th May 2002 The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is a body that prioritises the implementation of health and safety measures within the mining industry. →

Mine health and safety on the road to recovery

By: candice haase 10th May 2002 April saw the signing of a historic accord between government, labour and business, whereby they committed to prioritising the promotion of occupational health and safety (OHS) in the workplace. →

Focus on HIV/Aids and hearing protection

By: candice haase 10th May 2002 There are two main trends emerging in the area of mine health and safety in South Africa, according to marketing manager at MSA Chris van Rensburg. →

Gold giant launches Aids counterattack

10th May 2002 Using data it gathered from sexually-transmitted infection clinics last year, gold mining giant AngloGold estimates HIV prevalence levels of between 25% to 30% amongst its 44 000 South African employees, depending on the location of the operation, which reflects levels similar to the range of... →

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