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Presentation to Ukhozi Tripartite 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

Min ining 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 ry

• Operators of TMM’s performing repairs on TMM’s

without being trained.

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

• perations.

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 & V Ventil ilation Challenges

• Turn over of Occupational Hygiene in small
• perations 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.

Continue

• Inspection outcome not as per reports.
• 12.1 and 13.1 appointee not discussing issues of

exposure.