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Presentation to Ukhozi Tripartite 15 March 2019 Presented By: GAUTENG MHSI

Table of Contents 1. Occupational Health 2. Occupational Safety 3. Occupational medicine 4. Health and Safety Challenges 5. Conclusion

Min ining challenges • Mining boundary /perimeter fencing not being monitored. • Employer not consulting with the Health and Safety. • Safety beams not established and not well maintained. • High walls not according to the angle of response. • Walkways not properly demarcated. • Poor demarcation of the crest on active benches were people are working. • Examine and make safe not properly conducted in the quarry. • Health and Safety representatives not trained but appointed responsible for health and safety in the work places.

Mining Challenges • Quarry viewing points not properly demarcated with the necessary signs. • Working plan/quarry plan not updated to cater current mining. • No provision of life buoys at the pit sump.

Trackless Mobile Machinery ry • Operators of TMM’s performing repairs on TMM’s without being trained. • No procedure of supporting the bin of the TMM’s when operators are cleaning the TMM’s or when repairs are done. • TMM haulages are less than 0,5 m between side wall and the machines. • TMM COP and related procedures not shaft specific .

General: Machinery & Equipment • Poor traffic control of Tmm’s; • Poor risk assessments conducted; • Over inspections and PTO’s not done regularly and effectively; • Effective guarding still a problem; • No proper control on outside trucks and contractors coming into the mine;

General: continued • Compliance to mines TMM COP by trucks from the clients that entire the mine area to collect aggregates or sand; • Supervision by the authorised electrician in the sub station when assistants are cleaning the sub. • Inadequate or lack of understanding of H&S reps and Full time H&S Reps in terms of their delegated duties and responsibilities in the operations.

Occupational Health Challenges • S ubmission of AMR due to non payment of the OMP service provider. • Failure of the employer to do recommendation referrals as per service provider instruction. • No follow up by the service provider instruction. • Employees are only examined after a year or two during periodic medicals.

Occupational Hygiene & V Ventil ilation Challenges • Turn over of Occupational Hygiene in small operations due to lack of payment. • Lack of maintenance at crusher point noise and dust controls. • Reluctance to apply dust suppression agents. • Failure to implement contractor hygienist ‘recommendations. • Failure to enforce PPE by supervisors. • Only 12.1 assistants visit mine. • Samples turn around.

Continue • Inspection outcome not as per reports. • 12.1 and 13.1 appointee not discussing issues of exposure.