MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTORATE
Annual Report
2009/2010
2 August 2011
Presentation Outline
1. Background
2. Health and Safety Performance.
3. OHS Improvement Strategy.
4. Mine Safety Achievements.
Background
• Commodity prices breaking records with gold price
exceeding $1 600 /oz and speculators predicting $2 000/oz
platinum price in near future.
• Public sector infrastructure spending worth R808.6 bn over
MTEF.
• Mining growth further expected in the North West, Limpopo,
Mpumalanga and Northern Cape Provinces.
• Diminishing gold ore reserves resulting in deepening of
shafts and mining of shaft and remnant pillars.
• Poor legacy of health management resulting in social and
economic impact with suffering mine employees and
companies facing potential multimillion rand claims.
Total Mine Labour Compliment per Commodity
2009
483212
500000
450000
400000
350000
300000
250000
200000
148832
168888
150000
100000
50000
0
68006
52126
12596
3330
10751
13830
4853
Provincial Distribution of Mine Employees
2009
North West
178741
37%
Western Cape
7344
2%
Northern Cape
27144
6%
Free State
40920
8%
Eastern Cape
1805
0%
KwaZulu Natal
11272
2%
Mpumalanga
71470
15%
Gauteng
98206
20%
Limpopo
46310
10%
Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate
Purpose
Execute the Department’s mandate to safeguard the health and
safety of the mine employees and people affected by mining
activities.
Objective
Reduce mining-related deaths, injuries and ill health through the
formulation of national policy and legislation, the provision of
advice, and the application of systems that monitor, audit and
enforce compliance in the mining sector.
Occupational Health
AMR: OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
ALL MINES
2008 VS 2009
5000
4500
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
2008
2009
NIHL
1994
1280
SIL
1778
1694
ASB
37
31
PTB
4639
4468
SITB
995
207
PN
87
14
OTH
814
346
AMR: OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
GOLD MINES
2008 VS 2009
4500
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
2008
2009
NIHL
1159
597
SIL
1671
1430
ASB
3
6
PTB
3829
3266
SITB
555
198
PN
0
0
OTH
209
280
AMR: OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
PLATINUM MINES
2008 VS 2009
1000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
2008
2009
NIHL
318
312
SIL
78
165
ASB
10
12
PTB
453
873
SITB
391
0
PN
5
1
OTH
587
8
AMR: OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
COAL MINES
2008 VS 2009
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
2008
2009
NIHL
69
117
SIL
7
2
ASB
1
3
PTB
241
194
SITB
28
5
PN
49
9
OTH
1
31
AMR: OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
OTHER MINES
2008 VS 2009
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
2008
2009
NIHL
346
249
SIL
16
95
ASB
23
5
PTB
150
129
SITB
19
4
PN
31
4
OTH
17
31
Milestone Target for Respirable Crystiline Silica (< 0.10 mg/m3)
% Compliance
95 % Target
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
GP
NW
FS
LP
KN
MP
WC
Regions
2007
2008
2009
NC
EC
RSA
CAUSES OF DEATH
2003 - 2009
1200
1006
1000
953
800
717
647
710
694
669
600
400
264
246
201
200
220
200
171
168
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
Respiratory
2007
Mine Accident
2008
2009
Occupational Safety
RSA
Total accidents
Fatality and injury rates per million hours worked
2003 - 2011
6
0.4
5.26
0.34
5
0.35
5.10
4.77
4.62
0.27
0.3
4.19
4.134.05 3.97
4
4.08 4.09
3.88
0.21
0.2
3
3.96
3.82
3.67
3.56
0.21
0.20
0.25
3.65
3.08
2.96
2.7
2.69
0.16
0.14
2
0.14
0.15
0.14
3.19
3.1 3.16
0.2
2.83
0.15 0.15
0.13
0.1
1
0.05
0
0
RSA injury rates
RSA fatality rates
Linear (RSA injury rates)
Linear (RSA fatality rates)
Actual Fatalities per Region
Regions
Gauteng
Gold and North West
Platinum Free State
Mpumalanga
Limpopo
Coal
KwaZulu- Natal
Northern Cape
Western Cape
Other Eastern Cape
All Mines
2008
58
50
18
27
8
2
6
2
0
171
2009 % Change
44
-24
56
12
21
17
25
-7
5
-38
9
350
4
-33
3
50
0
0
167
-2
Fall of Ground Fatalities
2003 - 2010
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
2003
2004
2005
Rockburst
2006
Strainburst
2007
Gravity
2008
Total FOG
2009
2010
Trackless Mining Mobile Machine Fatalities
2003 -2010
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Rail bound Equipment Fatalities
2003 -2010
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Actual Injuries per region
Regions
Gauteng
Gold and North West
Platinum Free State
Mpumalanga
Limpopo
Coal KwaZulu- Natal
Northern Cape
Western Cape
Other Eastern Cape
All Mines
2008
862
1,635
472
472
188
31
56
22
12
3,750
2009 % Change
761
-12
1,757
7
400
-15
419
-11
202
7
54
74
56
0
15
-32
8
-33
3672
-2
Occupational Safety
Sector
Gold
Platinum
Coal
Other
Total
1 Jan - 31 Dec *1 Jan - 31 Dec
%
2009
2010
Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Change
81 0.24 63 0.20
-22
41 0.11 32 0.09
-22
18 0.12 13 0.09
-28
28 0.13 20 0.10
-29
168 0.16 128 0.12
-24
Occupational Safety
Sector
Gold
Platinum
Coal
Other
Total
Fatalities
%
1 Jan - 18 1 Jan - 18
Jul 2010 Jul 2011 Change
37
31
-16
18
19
6
6
7
17
10
12
20
71
69
-3
TOTAL FATALITIES
ALL MINES
Jan 2009 - Jun 2011
25
20
15
10
5
0
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
2009
Jul
2010
Aug
2011
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Comparison of Platinum Sector production and Fatalities
Jan 2010 - Mar 2011
11000000
9
8
10500000
7
10000000
6
5
9500000
4
9000000
3
2
8500000
1
8000000
0
Production
Fatalities
Comparison of Gold Sector Production and Fatalities
Jan 2010 - Mar 2011
8200000
10
8000000
9
7800000
8
7600000
7
7400000
6
7200000
5
7000000
4
6800000
3
6600000
2
6400000
1
6200000
0
Production
Fatalities
Occupational Safety
Sector
Gold
Injuries
%
1 Jan - 18
1 Jan - 18 Jul
Jul 2010
2011
Change
722
656
-9
Platinum
766
532
-31
Coal
151
97
-36
Other
146
130
-11
Total
1785
1415
-21
MHSI 2009/10 Performance
2009/10 Achievements/ Successes
Improved stakeholder relationships
• Quarterly meetings in all regions with Unions.
• Quarterly meetings with DoL, DoH and DPP.
Address Health and Safety Risks:
• Completed Inquiries & Investigations as planned.
• Audits (83%) & Inspections (91%).
Development of Guidelines
• Reviewed existing Guidelines.
(e.g. Underwater Mining; Emergency Preparedness; and Drawpoints, Tipping
Points & Orepasses).
Review and develop internal policies and procedures
Exams Policy, Medical Appeal Procedure; Inclusion or Non-Inclusion of Fatal
accidents in Statistics.
Human Resource Development
• 99 Officials completed a course on Risk Management in Mining.
• 97 Officials completed Health & Safety Training
(Legal, Inspection, Audit, Investigation and inquiries).
Challenges
• Accidents in the mines “one life lost is one too many”.
• Elimination of recurring accidents.
• Fall of ground and TMM risk presents a significant
obstacle to achievement of zero harm.
• High rate of occupational illness and diseases.
• TB, HIV and AIDS impact on society and industry.
• Accuracy
results.
of
Occupational
Hygiene
Measurement
• Growing mining sector versus skills base.
• Entrenching sustainable compliance culture in mining
sector.
• Failure to adopt leading practice.
OHS Improvement Strategies
Restructuring of MHSI to enhance enforcement capacity
• Splitting of the North West regional office into two
independent offices. PI will be appointed in Rustenburg;
• Establishment of regional compliance and investigation units;
• Appointment of legal advisors at the regional offices to assist
with investigations and inquiries;
• Chief Directorate: Occupational Health has been established
and is operational;
• 19 Learner Inspectors appointed at our regional offices;
• 18 Bursary Students doing engineering courses;
• Training Initiatives with WITS, MQA and IRCA.
Promotion and Enforcement
• Enhance co-operation with tripartite stakeholders through the
MHSC and MQA;
• Mine Health and Safety Summit to be held during the financial
year;
• Arrange regional quarterly tripartite forum meetings to share
health and safety information;
• Engaging unions on health and safety matters;
• Requesting quarterly reports from the mining company boards
and engaging CEOs;
• Review of the Mine Health and Safety Act and Regulations to
strengthen enforcement and set minimum standards;
• SIMRAC/CGS project on integration of seismic networks has
commenced.
• Stoppage of unsafe mines in line with our legislation maintained
(441 issued and 726 transgressions addressed).
Areas addressed in Section 54 Instructions
Occupational Health
• Promote the review and implementation of effective mine
health programmes to prevent significant exposure to health
hazards;
• Employ the services of a NIOH/CSIR to assist MHSI with
verification of mine sampling results;
• Collaboration with the DoH and other stakeholders to ensure a
sustainable improvement on ill-health including HIV and TB;
• HIV/TB Summit will be held in this financial year;
• Reviewed Mining Charter now includes health and safety
issues and require companies to improve housing and living
conditions of mine employees.
Mine Safety Achievements
 Anglo Thermal Coal Fatal Free in 2010
 8 Million Fatality Free Shifts
Modikwa Platinum Mine
 4 Million Fatality Free Shifts
Impala Platinum 1 Shaft
Impala Platinum 7A Shaft
 2 Million Fatality Free Shifts
Impala Platinum 12 # Mine
Grootegeluk Colliery
THANK YOU.