State of OHS at Mines and Activities of the MHSI: 2005-06

State of OHS at Mines and Activities of the

MHSI: 2005-06

TE GAZIActing Chief Inspector of Mines

Department of Minerals and Energy

Discussion Topics

• Background

• The Mining & Minerals Industry

• OHS Performance

• Activities and Programme performance

• Topical Issues

Background• The MHSI

– A branch of the DME– Established in terms of the MHSA– Responsible for regulating OHS in the

mining industry

• MHSI Responsibilities:– Monitoring of compliance to OHS

requirements– Enforcement of OHS requirements at mines

Background (cont.)

– Conduct investigations and inquiries into mining accidents

– Develop policies that promote OHS

• The MHSA requires CIOM to prepare an Annual Report on:– The state of health & safety at mines– Activities of the Inspectorate

Minerals Sector Profile

– The “bed rock” of SA’s industrialisation– Contribution to GDP

– Direct 7% – Indirect 15%

– Significant contributor to employment: 500 000 employees

– Major global producer of Gold, PGM, Manganese, Coal, Diamond, etc

Minerals Sector Profile (cont.)

– Operations:• High Risk-Large, deep, labour intensive

Gold & Platinum u/g mines• Medium Risk-Mechanised Base Metal and

Coal Mines• Low Risk-Surface mines

Occupational Safety-Accidents Data

Major Commodities Contribution

LabourTotal 446 555

Fatals %(Total 202)

Injuries %(Total 3 966)

Gold 155 165(35%)

51%(104)

56%(2324)

PGM’s 148 358(33%)

24%(49)

29%(1153)

Coal 55 720(12%)

8%(16)

8%(180)

Diamond 20 300(5%)

3%(7)

2%(68)

Safety Performance-Fatalities Commodity

Freq. Rates % Change

Comment

2004 2005

Gold 0.28 0.30 7% Regressed

PGM’s 0.21 0.15 -29% Improved

Coal 0.19 0.13 -32% Improved

Diamond 0.37 0.16 -57% Improved

Total 0.25 0.21 -16% Improved

RSAMain commodities

Fatality rates per million hours worked

Jan 2005 - Dec 2006

0

0.05

0.1

0.15

0.2

0.25

0.3

0.35

0.4

0.45

Other mines 0.29 0.28 0.26 0.24 0.24 0.26 0.25 0.25 0.24 0.22 0.21 0.2 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.19 0.18 0.19 0.18 0.17 0.16 0.13 0.12 0.11

Gold 0.27 0.28 0.29 0.27 0.29 0.28 0.29 0.28 0.27 0.28 0.27 0.27 0.31 0.31 0.32 0.33 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.32 0.31

Platinum 0.19 0.19 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.17 0.18 0.18 0.17 0.16 0.17 0.16 0.14 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.1 0.11 0.11 0.11

Coal 0.18 0.16 0.15 0.15 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.15 0.13 0.12 0.11 0.10 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.14 0.14 0.13

Diamonds 0.39 0.36 0.33 0.3 0.32 0.29 0.26 0.24 0.23 0.20 0.20 0.17 0.17 0.15 0.14 0.13 0.11 0.10 0.09 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.04

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RSA Diamond mines Fatality rates per million hours worked

2003 - 2008

0.7

0.64

0.580.54

0.480.46

0.55

0.42

0.360.33

0.40.36

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RSA Gold mines Fatality rates per million hours worked

2003 - 2008

0.460.44

0.390.36

0.34 0.330.3

0.270.29

0.270.31 0.32 0.330.32

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RSA platinum mines Fatality rates per million hours worked

2003 - 2008

0.250.27

0.29 0.30.28

0.240.22

0.270.26

0.19 0.180.16

0.130.11 0.11

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RSA fatality rates International fatality milestones Linear (RSA fatality rates)

RSA coal minesFatality rates per million hours worked

2003 - 2008

0.180.17

0.16

0.19

0.21

0.23

0.190.18

0.2

0.18

0.150.14

0.13

0.10.11

0.140.13

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RSA fatality rates International fatality milestones Linear (RSA fatality rates)

RSA Other minesFatality rates per million hours worked

Other = Total all mines, minus gold, coal and platinum 2003 - 2008

0.28 0.280.26

0.24

0.28

0.25

0.280.27

0.32

0.28

0.25

0.22

0.19 0.180.16

0.14

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0.070.08

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RSA fatality rates International fatality milestones Linear (RSA fatality rates)

Safety Performance-Injuries

CommodityFreq. Rates %

ChangeComment

2004 2005

Gold 7.37 6.81 -8% Improved

PGM’s 2.91 3.53 21% Regressed

Coal 1.81 1.47 -19% Improved

Diamond 1.56 1.52 -3% Improved

Total 4.39 4.04 -8% Improved

Safety Performance-Classification

Agent Fatality Rates Injury Rates

2004 2005 % 2004 2005 %

FOG 0.1 0.8 -20% 1.11 1.11 0%

Mach. 0.02 0.01 -50% 0.24 0.27 13%

T&M 0.06 0.05 -17% 0.92 0.78 -15%

Gen 0.05 0.04 -20% 1.93 1.69 -12%

Safety Performance-Classification

Percentage of acc idents by c lassification January - December 2005

Machinery7%

Explosives1%

Conveyance accidents1%

Transportation and mining

20%

General40%

Fall of ground28%

OHS Performance

• Occupational Health– Data collection and analysis a concern– Control at source a major challenge– Best practice / benchmark info starting

to emerge– More visible commitment to

addressing health is essential

Occupational Health (Cont.)

• Performance– Gold Miners:15-20% silicosis at autopsy– Coal Miners:7-10% pneumoconiosis– 14% of all respirable crystalline silica

samples submitted do not comply with OEL’s– HIV and silicosis have a multiplicative effect

on health– 89% of Mineworkers exposed to noise levels

above 85dB– 240 cases of TB per 1000 autopsies v/s 40

cases 25 years ago.

Programme Performance

• Service Delivery Indicators– Fatality frequency rates are 16% down v/s

the 20% target set.– Investigations and inquiries-finalisation within

set time frame the main problem• Inquiries-39% v/s 80%• Investigations-71% v/s 80%

– Transformation is still a challenge due to job-reservation legacy

• Whites- 44% v/s 28%• Females-27% v/s 45%

Topical Issues

• Staff Turn Over– Competition with private sector for

required skills– Retirement

• Increasing SMME participation– Resource base stretched by

increasing number of new entrants.– Limited skills capacity of SMME

increases risk potential.

Topical Issues (cont.)

• MHSI Restructuring

• Integration– Bill– Framework– Business case– Challenges

• Illegal/Criminal mining

• TB Control Programmes

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