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Taking in to account that all operation in various market operates in an area characterized by growing awareness of wider sustainability issues, such as the employee safety and occupational health and it prevention .Safety and occupational health performance credential therefore play a part in organization’s stake holder loyalty Moreover:
THE LEON COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY
Leon Commission of Inquiry into Safety and Health in the Mining Industry (Report 1995. South Africa has often prided itself as being the most advanced mining country in the world with regard to the development of innovative technologies for exploiting mineral resources.
The degree of disease burden produced in the process of these mining endeavours has been on the other hand a neglected epidemic. Relentless pressure from the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) resulted in the government and employers acceding to a commission being set up to investigate these conditions. The Leon Commission of Inquiry was the first to look into OHS in the South African mining industry for more than 30 years. No Commission with such wide ranging terms of reference to inquire into all aspects of the regulation of OHS had ever been appointed.
The Commission found that over 69,000 mineworkers had died in the first 93 years of this century, and more than a million were seriously injured.
The degree of disease burden produced in the process of these mining endeavours has been on the other hand a neglected epidemic. Relentless pressure from the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) resulted in the government and employers acceding to a commission being set up to investigate these conditions. The Leon Commission of Inquiry was the first to look into OHS in the South African mining industry for more than 30 years. No Commission with such wide ranging terms of reference to inquire into all aspects of the regulation of OHS had ever been appointed.
The Commission found that over 69,000 mineworkers had died in the first 93 years of this century, and more than a million were seriously injured.
Other accident statistics indicated that: Other accident statistics indicated that:
- 1,54 mineworkers were killed and 25,8 seriously injured for every 1000 workers exposed to underground risk work
- The vast majority of injuries and deaths occurred at or in underground mines (99%)
- Gold mines are the most dangerous, accounting for 85,6% of all reported injuries and 72,7% of all reported fatalities
- – 61,7% of gold mining fatalities were due to underground rock bursts or rock falls
- The second most dangerous subsector was the coal industry which was responsible for 15,4% of all mining fatalities
- when compared to 19 other countries South Africa had the sixth highest fatality rate
In its investigations the Leon Commission sketched the following occupational health experience of miners:
- Tuberculosis rates of 58 per thousand after 15 years of exposure
- Shaft sinkers and stopers working 8000 shifts have more than 30% probability of developing silicosis
- 25% of the workforce would present with asbestos related disease including lung cancer after 20 years of exposure in an asbestos mine
- 50-60% of coal miners would develop coal miners pneumoconiosis after 40 years of exposure
- 40-80% of workers involved in drilling operations would have hearing problems after 10 years of exposure
The main emphasis and focus of occupational health activity on the mines has thus been on regulating the compensation for occupational diseases rather than the prevention thereof. The Minerals Act focused predominantly on the safety issues in the mining industry with no emphasis on promoting the occupational health status of workers. These deficiencies provided the impetus for the Commission to deduct that the result of such shortcoming are:
What Are ISO 9001-2015; ISO14001-2015 And OHSAS 45001-2018?
- They are international standard giving requirements related to health, safety, environment and quality management systems.
- They enable organizations to have control over, and knowledge of, all the relevant hazards resulting from normal operations and abnormal situations.
- They also help organizations to improve their performance in order to enhance customer satisfaction.
Why The Use Of International Standards?
The use of the International Standards provides ORGANIZATION with the tools to identify and manage the various processes and their interaction within its business activities.
We recommend organizations to develop an International Management System based on the above standards that allows for the risks specific to its activities to be effectively managed.
In these type of system, the Management System complies with the company’s corporate requirements (Policy) and comprises of three volumes of processes and procedures / safe systems of work or standing operating procedures.
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