Mine Health and Safety Council

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• Mine Health and Safety Council
• Presentation of the 2005/ 2006 Annual Report

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Vision
A regulatory framework and climate conducive to
safe and healthy working conditions for
mineworkers and communities affected by mining.
Mission
Facilitate sustained improvement of occupational
health and safety at mines through focused
research, development of policy advice and
effective legislation, and the provision of
guidance to achieve best practice and a pervasive
culture of health and safety.
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CONTENTS

• OVERVIEW
• PROFILE
• HIGHLIGHTS
• CHALLENGES
• STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES Key Issues
• FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
• GOVERNANCE
• FINANCE COUNCIL REPORT

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MINE HEALTH SAFETY COUNCIL STRATEGIC OVERVIEW
PROFILE

• COMPOSITION
• Tripartite Council
• 5 government, 5 labour and 5 employer
  representatives
• MANDATE OF THE MHSC
• Advise Minister on occupational health and
  safety
• Review, develop and recommend legislation to
  the Minister
• Promote health and safety in the mining sector
• Advise on health and safety research
• Liaise with other bodies concerned with health
  and safety issues.

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Mine Health and Safety Council
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STRATEGIC HIGHLIGHTS

• Occupational Safety Performance
• Decrease in fatalities by 18 from 246 in 2004
  to 202 in 2005.
• The fatality rate has improved by 16 from 0.25
  in 2004 to 0.21 in 2005
• Decrease in serious injuries by 7 from 4 268 in
  2004 to 3 961 in 2005
• Fatality rates decreased in most sectors but gold
  showed a worrying upward trend
• Two multi-fatal incidents claimed 9 lives during
  the year

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Occupational Health Performance
STRATEGIC HIGHLIGHTS

• 15 - 20 silicosis in gold miners at autopsy
• 7 10 of coal miners had pneumoconiosis at
  autopsy
• 14 of all respirable crystalline silica samples
  submitted do not comply with Occupational
  Exposure Limits
• Average prevalence of HIV is greater than 30 on
  mines
• HIV and silicosis have a multiplicative effect on
  health
• 89 of mine workers still exposed to noise
  levels above 85dB
• 240 cases of TB per 1000 autopsies compared to 40
  cases 25 years ago

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STRATEGIC HIGHLIGHTS (cont)

• Policy Regulatory Performance
• 60 out of 76 topics for legislation have been
  completed
• Regulations promulgated in respect of OHS
  reporting, ingress and egress from mine workings
  and machinery equipment
• Guideline for Mandatory Codes of Practice for
  Dealing with Slope Stability-related Accidents on
  Surface Mines issued and effective
• Guideline for Mandatory Codes of Practice to
  combat rockmass failure accidents in massive
  mining operations approved
• Guidelines for the compilation of mandatory
  codes of practice on monorails approved

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STRATEGIC HIGHLIGHTS (cont)

• Policy Regulatory and Performance
• New Regulations under the MHSA were approved
• relating to occupational hygiene,
• on machinery and equipment, and on
• the ingress and egress at mines.
• Guidelines for mandatory codes of practice to
  prevent rock fall and slope-instability-related
  accidents, and
• Guidelines for mandatory codes of practice on
  combating rockmass failure accidents in massive
  mining operations.
• Occupational Health and Safety Research
• The overall cost of the research programme, has
  increased by 10 , from R35.8 million in 2005
  to R 39.6 million in 2006.

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Challenges

• Challenges
• MHSC is faced with a no. of challenges of
  strategic importance that would need resolution
• The challenges facing the MHSC
• Legislative reform impact of OB legislation on
  OHS still to be assessed
• Achievement of OHS industry targets
• Reliable databases for health statistics
• Mining accidents of the magnitude of disasters
  are still occurring
• Transferring research outcomes through
  appropriate mechanisms
• Achieving 2005 summit outcomes

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Strategic Objectives Key Issues
Objective 1Achievement of the Industry
Milestones as set at the 2003 Summit

• The Issue
• Industry target zero fatalities and injuries
• Industry target Elimination of Silicosis
• Industry target Elimination of NIHL

• MHSC Interventions
• MHSC Programmes on rockburst management 5 years
  and R20m
• Elimination of rockfalls 5 years and R20m
• MHSC Programme on Silicosis elimination over 5
  years at a cost of R32m
• MHSC Programme for the elimination of NIHL at
  R30m over 5 years

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Strategic Objectives Key Issues
Objective 4 Development of capacity to drive
the health and safety agenda

• The Issue
• Develop an agenda for capacity building
• Liaise with other stakeholders in the mining
  industry regarding capacity building
• Ensure that the capacity building is in line
  with transformational imperatives

• MHSC Interventions
• Mechanism to liaise with MQA established
• Mechanism to liaise with Departments of Labour,
  Health and Minerals
• Post graduate student funding policy drawn up
• Post graduate students included in current
  research projects
• By 2005, 28 Masters and Doctoral students helped
  by MHSC
• R150k included in the project to review the
  impact SIMRAC research for HDI students

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Strategic Objectives Key Issues
Objective 3 Advice to the Minister (TB, HIV and
Aids)
The Issue

• Tuberculosis a major challenge and increasing
• XDR TB is a recent concern
• Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) a significant
  problem
• Viable application of engineering solutions
• HIV prevalence is high on mines

MHSC Interventions

• R32m, 5 year research programme to eliminate
  silicosis initiated
• R30m, 5 year NIHL elimination programme
• HIV and Aids research ongoing

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MHSC Achievements

• Technology and Information Transfer
• Fourth Biennial Summit in October 2005, focus on
  trends and progress against milestones
• Distribution of thousands of books,CDs, annual
  reports to more than 700 mines
• MHSC stand at the OHS workers show in Richards
  Bay
• 10 000 role players in the mining industry were
  informed of MHSC activities
• Research-levy roadshows in all mining districts.
  

• Legislation/ Advice to Minister
• Advice to the minister on the process to revise
  the regulatory framework for the SA mining
  industry
• Promulgation of 3 new regulations and approvall
  of 3 Codes of Practice
• Discussion paper on HIV and AIDS
• Discussion paper on national OHS structure
• License to practice document has been drafted

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MHSC Achievements

• SAFETY AWARDS
• Million Fatality Free Shifts
• 27 Mines achieved 1 million fatality free shifts
  or more
• Middelburg Mining achieved 4 million fatality
  free shifts
• 36 mines achieved 1 thousand or more production
  shifts
• Kriel Northwest shaft achieved 12 thousand
  fatality free production shifts

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Governance

• Audit unqualified by Auditor General
• EMPHASIS OF MATTER
• The AG drew attention to the following material
  matters
• Shortcomings in the application of Treasury
  regulation 31
• Database for calculation of the rate at which
  levies are charged
• Accounting for levies in the Mine Health and
  Safety Council

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Council Financial Report

• OPERATING RESULTS
• Council posted a surplus of R4.4m in 2006(2005
  R14.2m)
• REVIEW OF OPERATIONS
• Research Account
• Levies amounted to R37.6m in 2006 (2005 R40.6m)
• Research Expenditure amounted to R20.7m in 2006
  (2005 R29.5m)
• Contribution to administration R5.1m in 2006
  (2005R4.9m)
• Administration Account
• State funding amounted to R4.2m ( 2005 R3.7m)
• Levy funding amounted to R5.1m (2005 R5.1m)
• Expenditure amounted to R14.5m (2005 R9.3m)
• Administrative Fine Fund