Presentation to UkhoziTripartite

15 March 2019

Presented By:

GAUTENG MHSI

Table of Contents

1. Occupational Health

2. Occupational Safety

3. Occupational medicine

4. Health and Safety Challenges

5. Conclusion

Mining challenges • Mining boundary /perimeter fencing not being monitored.

• Employer not consulting with the Health and Safety.

• Safety beams not established and not well maintained.

• High walls not according to the angle of response.

• Walkways not properly demarcated.

• Poor demarcation of the crest on active benches were people are working.

• Examine and make safe not properly conducted in the quarry.

• Health and Safety representatives not trained but appointed responsible for health and safety in the work places.

Mining Challenges

• Quarry viewing points not properly demarcated with the necessary signs.

• Working plan/quarry plan not updated to cater current mining.

• No provision of life buoys at the pit sump.

Trackless Mobile Machinery• Operators of TMM’s performing repairs on TMM’s

without being trained.

• No procedure of supporting the bin of the TMM’s when

operators are cleaning the TMM’s or when repairs are

done.

• TMM haulages are less than 0,5 m between side wall and

the machines.

• TMM COP and related procedures not shaft specific.

General: Machinery & Equipment

• Poor traffic control of Tmm’s;

• Poor risk assessments conducted;

• Over inspections and PTO’s not done regularly and effectively;

• Effective guarding still a problem;

• No proper control on outside trucks and contractors coming into the mine;

General: continued

• Compliance to mines TMM COP by trucks from the clients that entire the mine area to collect aggregates or sand;

• Supervision by the authorised electrician in the sub station when assistants are cleaning the sub.

• Inadequate or lack of understanding of H&S reps and Full time H&S Reps in terms of their delegated duties and responsibilities in the operations.

Occupational Health Challenges

• Submission of AMR due to non payment of the OMP

service provider.

• Failure of the employer to do recommendation

referrals as per service provider instruction.

• No follow up by the service provider instruction.

• Employees are only examined after a year or two

during periodic medicals.

Occupational Hygiene & Ventilation Challenges

• Turn over of Occupational Hygiene in small operations due to lack of payment.

• Lack of maintenance at crusher point noise and dust controls.

• Reluctance to apply dust suppression agents.

• Failure to implement contractor hygienist ‘recommendations.

• Failure to enforce PPE by supervisors.

• Only 12.1 assistants visit mine.

• Samples turn around.

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• Inspection outcome not as per reports.

• 12.1 and 13.1 appointee not discussing issues of exposure.