The Mine Health and Safety Council presents an award known as the Millionaire Award to the industry for recognition of successful participants.

Eligibility

A mine, or a portion thereof, which is in continuous operation and forms a participating entity as defined by the manager, will be eligible for this award.

Award holder

As soon as a participant records a million consecutive fatality-free shifts, it becomes the holder of the Millionaire Award and retains the award until either:

• Another participant reaches millionaire status; or
• The holder has a fatal accident.

A participant starts the accumulation of fatality-free shifts from the date on which the defined participating entity is registered with the DME.

In the event of the holder of the award having a fatality, the award will be returned to the Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate (MHSI) for safekeeping.

The calculation of fatality-free shifts after a fatal accident begins from the shift immediately following that during which the fatality occurred.

Information to be supplied

Every participant must supply the required statistical information on the prescribed form. The completed form must be sent to the Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate of the DME so as to arrive within the month following that to which the information relates.

If the information is not submitted for a period of three consecutive months, the DME has the right to suspend, revert any accumulated shifts to zero or terminate the participation of the participating entity that has failed to submit such information.

Ten days before the expected date of attainment of one or more million consecutive fatality-free shifts, the statistical department of the Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate must be notified of the expected date of achieving the million fatality-free shifts.

On reaching the million shifts, the Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate must be notified of the achievement by the quickest means: either email Renée Joubert or telephone (012) 317-8510.

Awards decisions rest with DME

Any decision in connection with the awards scheme is vested in the DME. If a participant chooses to appeal against a decision, the matter will be referred to the MHSC.

Transportation of the award

A participant who has become eligible to be holder of the award will, by arrangement with the Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate, be responsible for the collection of the award from the former holder or from the DME if no other mine has over one million consecutive fatality-free shifts to its credit.

Presentation

A participant who has become eligible for presentation of the Millionaire Award will, by arrangement with the Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate, set a suitable date for the presentation of the award. A member of the MHSC should be invited to present the award to the representative nominated by the mine. The recipient will determine the format of the event.

Trophy

A small-scale replica of the trophy will be presented to the successful participant, which will remain the property of that participant. The engraving of the names of all the winners of the floating trophy will be done by the DME.