Stemming fatalities on South African mines: Part 3
December 2021 marked the second consecutive year of regression in safety on South African mines with falls of ground (FOG) and transport-related accidents being the leading causes of fatalities. In Part 3 of our series on Stemming Fatalities on SA mines, Industry stakeholders shed some light on the challenges faced in addressing …
Key Issues in Safety and Health in South African …
available data (Eisner and Leger, 1988). The first relates to injury statistics. In South Africa fatal accidents are reportable, as well as non-fatal accidents which result in permanent …
Death-free January, but SA mine fatalities on the whole are …
- OKUHLE HLATI [email protected]. WHILE South Africa's mining industry has recorded its first-ever January without fatalities, the number of deaths in mines increased in 2023 to more than 50, compared to the previous year. According to Dushendra Naidoo, the Minerals Council South Africa's Head of Safety and sustainable ...
South Africa reduces mining fatalities to record low
January 31, 2023. The Minerals Council South Africa and its members are unwavering in their commitment to Zero Harm and note the significant reduction in fatalities to a record low of 49 during 2022 after a concerted effort by all stakeholders and strict focus on the safety strategies developed to improve working conditions. The ...
11 dead, scores injured after South African mine elevator …
Eleven people died and 75 others were injured in a mining accident in South Africa on Monday, when an elevator broke and plunged down hundreds of feet. ... South Africa had 49 fatalities from all ...
Elevator Plummets, Kills 11 in South Africa Platinum Mine
An elevator suddenly dropped around 200 meters (656 feet) while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75 — 14 of them critically, the mine ...
Four Harmony Gold miners die after a mud wall collapsed
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Stemming fatalities on South African mines: Part 1
According to the Minerals Council South Africa, by the end of 2021, 74 people had died on South Africa's mines. In 2020, the industry recorded 60 fatalities compared to 51 the previous year. This is the second consecutive year of regression in safety with falls of ground (FOG) and transport-related accidents being the leading causes.
Comparative Analysis of Coal Fatalities in Australia, …
2014 Coal Operators' Conference The University of Wollongong 12 –14 February 2014 399 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF COAL FATALITIES IN AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, INDIA, CHINA AND USA, 2006-2010 Jill Harris1, Philipp Kirsch1, Meng Shi1, Jirui Li1, Ankita Gagrani2, Anand Krishna ES3, Ahmad Tabish4, Deepanshu Arora5, Kishore …
Disclosure responses to mining accidents: South African …
The sample consists of all organisations conducting mining operations in South Africa that are classified on the McGregor BFA database, 5 across all boards of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (consisting of the Main Board, ALT-X, Development Capital, Venture Capital and the African Board), belonging to the mining sector. The selected ...
First ever fatality-free January in South African mining history
The South African mining industry has recorded its first ever fatality-free January, and its first full calendar month without a death, the Minerals Council South Africa reports. As of January 31 ...
A logistic regression analysis of the occurrence of mine accidents …
Injury statistics in Indonesia is not available due to the imperfection of mining legislation of the country as well as a great number of small, illegal mines. In the Republic of South Africa ...
Unnatural Deaths in South African Platinum Miners, …
The median length of time spent employed at the mine was 10.2 years. 98% were black African and the median age at entry was 35.1 years. There were 2937 deaths in the cohort overall; a mortality rate of 1051/100,000 py. There were 808 (27%) deaths …
Elevator plummets at a platinum mine in South Africa, …
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An elevator suddenly dropped around 200 meters (656 feet) while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75 — 14 of them ...
Mining accident
A mining accident is an accident that occurs during the process of mining minerals or metals. Thousands of miners die from mining accidents each year, especially from underground coal mining, although accidents also occur in hard rock mining.Coal mining is considered much more hazardous than hard rock mining due to flat-lying rock strata, …
All stakeholders must prevent deaths on South African mines
It is incumbent on all stakeholders to prevent deaths on South African mines. In May 1995 I was the chief safety officer when a massive tragedy occurred at Shaft No. 2 at the Vaal Reefs gold mine. A locomotive fell down the main vertical shaft onto the personnel cage, killing 104 friends and colleagues in what remains South Africa's worst ...
South Africa: mining industry fatalities 2023 | Statista
Diamond production in South Africa 2004-2022; South Africa's diamond mining employment 2011-2022; ... Mining industry fatalities in South Africa from 2000 …
Mine Accidents and Disasters | Department of …
104 Deaths due to a mining accident were reported at the Vaal Reefs Number Two Shaft near Orkney, North West, on 10 May 1995. An underground locomotive fell down a shaft …
Trends and causes of fatalities in South African mines
These mines are responsible for an increasing pro- portion of total fatalities. In South Africa fatal accidents are reportable, as well as non-fatal accidents which …
KEY FACTS AND FIGURES: MINE HEALTH AND …
• the coal sector has improved by 50% from 10 fatalities in 2021 to 5 fatalities in 2022 • the other mines* sector has improved by 15% from 13 fatalities in 2021 to 11 fatalities in …
South African mines report increased fatalities in 2023
In detail: South Africa's Minerals Council has said that fatalities within the country's mines increased in 2023 – largely due to the death of 13 miners in a single incident. "Disappointingly, the number of fatalities in the South African mining industry regressed during 2023 after its record safety performance the year before," said the ...
Industry-wide collision avoidance tech
There have been 69 fatalities in South Africa's mining sector so far this year compared to 48 in 2020 and the industry stakeholders are now collectively trying to take meaningful action to make sure these numbers are never seen again, by addressing the two main issues: "falls of ground" which refers mainly to rock bursts and rockfalls ...
11 killed as South Africa platinum mine lift plunges
JOHANNESBURG: An elevator carrying workers to the surface at a giant South African platinum mine plunged out of control killing 11 and injuring 75, the mine operators said Tuesday. Impala Platinum ...
Trends and causes of fatalities in South African mines
Safety Science, 14 (1991) 169-185 169 Eisevier Trends and causes of fatalities in South African mines J.-P. Leger Sociology of Work Program, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Received 20 February 1990; accepted 2 November 1990 Abstract Leger, J.-P., 1991.
Miners in South Africa call for urgent summit to address fatalities
The Minerals Council of South Africa has called for a MineSafe summit to be held as soon as possible after local government elections, to " urgently address the regression in safety " on mine sites in the country. The council said it supported the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, organised labour, professional …
No fall of ground fatalities so far in 2023
23rd February 2023. By: Darren Parker. Creamer Media Contributing Editor Online. Font size: - +. So far this year, no fall-of-ground (FoG) fatalities have been recorded in South Africa 's mines ...
South African mining industry on track for a record low …
The lowest ever number of fatalities recorded by the South African mining industry in any year was in 2019, when there were 51 fatalities. The industry's safety performance, however, worsened ...
South Africa: Record fatality reduction in H1,2022
The entire industry was FOG fatality-free in the second quarter of the year This is significant because gold and platinum mines have not had a FOG-fatality free first six months of the year in the history of South African mining, says Minerals Council's Head of Safety Dr Sizwe Phakathi. There were 11 FOG fatalities by the end of June last year.
South Africa's mining fatalities rise 18% in 2020 -industry …
The death toll in South Africa's mines rose 18% in 2020 driven by accidents related to falling rocks and transportation, provisional figures from South Africa's main mining body showed on Friday.
All stakeholders must prevent deaths on South African mines
It is incumbent on all stakeholders to prevent deaths on South African mines. In May 1995 I was the chief safety officer when a massive tragedy occurred at …