Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate (MHSI) Annual Report 2004/2005

Cover Page
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Executive Summary

• Preamble;
• Contents;
• Acronyms; and
• Executive summary:
  • Occupational health and safety performance
  • Policy and legislation
  • Human resource development
  • Challenges
    • Mine disasters
    • Staffing
    • Small-scale mining
    • HIV/Aids
  • OHS (occupational health and safety) integration

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Overview of sector's performance

• Mine safety
• Mine equipment
• Occupational hygiene
• Occupational medicine

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Chief directorates

• Coal, offshore and mine equipment
• Gold, platinum and mine safety
• Other mines, mine health and surveying

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Regional reports

• Eastern Cape [PDF, 1.29MB]
• Free State [PDF, 1.51MB]
• Gauteng [PDF, 1.04MB]
• KwaZulu-Natal [PDF, 1.82MB]
• Limpopo [PDF, 1.84MB]
• Mpumalanga [PDF, 2.09MB]
• Northern Cape [PDF, 1.29MB]
• North West [PDF, 1.23MB]
• Western Cape [PDF, 1.53MB]

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Specialist directorates

• Mine surveying
• Management support and internal control

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Appendices

• Appendix A: Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate (MHSI) structure
• Appendix B: Safety performance per commodity
• Appendix C: Safety performance per region
• Appendix D: Comparative statistics
• Appendix E: MHSI contact list and addresses

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MHSI Annual Report: 1 April 2003 - 31 March 2004

2003/2004 Executive Summary
The mining industry's safety performance improved in the 2003 calendar year. Regrettably, however, fatalities and injuries remain unacceptably high. There were 264 fatalities in 2003, compared to 293 fatalities in 2002. In 2002 and 2003 the fatality rates were 0.74 and 0.63 deaths per thousand employees at work respectively.

The biennial tripartite mine health and safety summit, required in terms of the MHSA was held in October 2003. At this summit, representatives from the state, employers and labour agreed on milestones to be achieved by 2013 with the ultimate goal being to achieve zero accident and injury rates and elimination of exposure to health hazards; and Overall research expenditure per mine employee has increased.

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• Cover page [PDF, 5.02MB]
• Executive summary [PDF, 521KB]
• Major commodities [PDF, 519KB]
  The expansion in the platinum sector has caused an increase in injuries. The rate per thousand employees however decreased from .0.56 to 0.52 for 2002 and 2003 respectively. The gold sector is showing a healthy decrease in accident rates and this can be associated with the contraction of the labour force.
• Regional reports [PDF, 2.54MB]
  Though the Inspectorate is under compliment, the regional inspectors are increasing their vigilance in monitoring and enforcement of requirements of the Mine Health and Safety Act.
• Specialist directorates [PDF, 1.99MB]
  • Guidelines on rock engineering in surface mines and coal have been published;
  • Co-operative Governance Agreement has been concluded between the MHSI and the NNR;
  • The guidance notes for Occupational Medical Practitioner have been finalised; and
  • Human Resource Development challenges facing the inspectorate are being addressed.
• Appendices [PDF, 1.1MB]