Impala Platinum Board Committee Presentation Thabo Dube MHSC CEO
PRESENTATION CONTENTS • MHSC History & Journey to Zero Harm • Legislated MHSC Mandate • MHSC Overview, Structure, Vision & Mission • MHSC Research Portfolio • Centre of Excellence • OHS Milestones (2014 and 2016 Principals Pledge) • Conclusion 2
LEGISLATED MHSC MANDATE • Advise the Minister on all occupational health and safety issues in the mining industry including legislation, research and promotion. • Review and develop legislation for recommendation to the Minister (Focus on Regulations). • Oversee research in relation to health and safety in the mining industry. • Liaise with other bodies concerned with health and safety issues (MQA, State Departments and various Stakeholders). • Promote health and safety culture in the mining industry. 3
MHSC VISION & MISSION VISION STATEMENT The Mine Health and Safety Council has a vision to be a knowledge leader and the trusted advisor to the Minister of Mineral Resources and Stakeholders on Occupational Health and Safety matters, and to promote the transformation of Occupational Health and Safety in the mining industry towards the achievement of Zero Harm to Mine Workers and Mining Communities. MISSION STATEMENT To promote a culture of occupational health and safety in the mining industry by providing advice to the Minister of Mineral Resources, liaising with statutory bodies, fostering an effective tripartite partnership, and creating and disseminating information on leading practices to the mining industry. GOAL • Zero Harm to employees and communities as result of mining activities and • Providing Knowledge Leadership in Mining OHS 4
MHSC STRUCTURE Legislation Oversight role Human Compliance and Policy HIV/AIDS and Regulations on the overall TB Resource and Health Governance Guidelines Implementation Programmes Remuneration Standards of culture transformation 5
MHSC ALINGMENT WITH NATIONAL INITIATIVES • National Development Plan (Chapters 9) o Research and innovation by institutions playing a key role in improving SA’s global competitiveness and developing a base for the knowledge economy o Ensuring that research and development is expanded through collaboration across South African and with Internationally accredited institutions o Utilisation of multiple research sites through collaboration of industrial laboratories, government departments, corporate research parastatals, statutory research councils and NGO’s • National Development Plan (Chapter 10) o Promoting Health (HIV/Aids, TB Prevention and Cure, Lifestyle Diseases) • National Development Plan (Chapter13) o Building a Capable State (Procurement systems, oversight functions, capacity to deliver on mandate) • State of the Nation Address (SONA) • Nine Point Plan to Ignite Economic Growth ( Unlocking the potential of SMMEs). 6
MHSC Research Thrust Areas Special Occ Occ Projects Health Safety Rock falls Airborne pollutants Rock burst Human factors / Physical hazards behavioral safety Explosions and Fires Occupational diseases Machinery and Transport 7
RESEARCH OVERVIEW Annual Programme Development – Stakeholder Consultation Workshops (Research Institutions and Academia) Circulation within MHSC Approval by Minister for council Committees Implementation Approval by Council board including estimated budget Stakeholder Consultation and submission to Minister Workshops 8
CoE ESTABLISHMENT • Decline appetite to conduct research. • Post 1990, a major restructuring of the mining industry. • Mining companies moved focus to their core business as result economic challenges, reduced R&D Budgets • COMRO was transferred into the CSIR during this period of restructuring. • Creation of Mining-tek then Centre of Mining Innovation (CMI) . • Creation of small research consultancies • Loss of expertise through emigration and retirement . 9
CoE RATIONALE • Facilitate the elimination of exposure to high occupational health and safety risk to mine employees and communities affected by mining activities by • Conducting high impact research that is widely adopted and relevant, • high quality health and safety testing and monitoring facilities are available nationally • Improve the utilisation and sustainability of MHSC seed-funded national research assets and facilities • Create the potential for job opportunities through local content and local manufacturing (DTI and Technology Innovation Agency), Commercialisation Activities • Promote the CoE within the mining industry as a Knowledge hub for OHS • Contribute to training and up-skilling of mineworkers on OHS matters (Mechanisation, Technology Innovation and change in the mining industry) 11
CoE RESEARCH PROJECTS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO MINIMIZE SEISMICITY IN THE PLATINUM MINES This project outcome was the development of innovative, animated learning and training material which addresses: • Seismicity Awareness • Various Training Modules to Train both Production and Rock Engineering Personnel on Manage Seismic Risks • How to avoid practices that are known to result in increased seismic hazard. 9
CoE RESEARCH PROJECTS (4.IR) UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON PEOPLE • The Project Aim was to Identify the likely Impacts of Introduction of New Technologies and Mechanisation in the Mining Industry. • One of the project outcomes was the development of guidelines: • Effective Change Management • Reducing Negative Impacts Change Management Methodology and Framework Including Job-losses . Guideline Booklet 12
CoE RESEARCH PROJECTS • Integration of the South African National Seismograph Network and Database with Mining Networks as per the recommendations in Chapter 1 of the Presidential Mine Health and Safety Audit 2008, Fluid Induced Seismicity . 13
CoE RESEARCH PROJECTS Outcome of Research Outcomes; Technology Transfer: Netting and bolting, Installing Silencers on Fans, Barring Best Practice. 14
CoE RESEARCH PROJECTS (COMMUNITIES) South African Minimum Standard on Ground Vibration, Noise, Air blast and Fly rock Near Surface Structures to be protected. Airborne Pollutants from Mine Tailings Surface Activity Damages to dwellings, reportedly caused by the effects of blasting 15
CoE RESEARCH PROJECTS Implementing a WIM Programme 1. Promulgation of the WIM PPE guideline 2. Development of WIM booklets in different languages 3. Hosting of the WIM conference in 2015 4. Hosting the WIM march and students workshops , commemoration events 5. Research Needs Workshop 16
CoE RESEARCH PROJECTS: COMMERCIALISATION POTENTIAL Specification for Collision Avoidance Management System: Surface Vehicle Interactions Scenarios L1 – Head on T2 - Crossover T4 - Intersection Development of a Rockmass Assessment tool to Prevent Falls of Ground Accidents 17
CoE: COMMERCIALISATION & DISSEMINATION Research Delivery (TRL 3 - Research Determination Customers 6) (TRL 1-3) Disclosure & IP Filing (Proof of concept) Commercialisation, license agreement and collecting royalties (TRL9) Decide on: • Commercialisation Regulation & Final validation and demonstrations • Dissemination (TRL8) Legislation Review • Training & Development • Demonstration: Piloting Testing Regulation • and Validation (TRL5-7) (TRL 3) Training, Education & Prototype Development, disclosure Awareness and IP filing (TRL4) Dissemination Public (Stakeholders, mines, workers e.tc) 18
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER &COMMERCIALIZATION 19
SEED-FUNDED RESEARCH/TESTING FACILITIES U NIVERSITY OF P RETORIA (UP) S EED - FUNDED F ACILITY (N OISE I NDUCE H EARING L OSS ) • Obtain the best-suited acoustic camera for the South African Mining Industry in order to: • Accelerate noise source location by increasing the results accuracy • Increase effectiveness of silencing strategies • Increase the effectiveness of specifically analysing moving noise sources. W ITS U NIVERSITY F ACILITY (M INE R ESCUE S ERVICES /I NTELLIGENCE GATHERING ) • Wits University Digi-mine (Drone Project.) : • Underground Stope (Mock Mine – Laboratory) • Unmanned Arial Vehicle : Underground Drone • Various sensors, collision avoidance instruments. 20
SEED-FUNDED RESEARCH/TESTING FACILITIES NIOH 3D Upgrade of Cytovivo Microscope • Dark-field microscope, with hyperspectral and fluorescent capabilities, was upgraded to enable three dimensional representations of nano- scale objects, in order to determine the exact location of particles within a cell. The upgrade was limited to the lenses only. • Applications relevant to pathologists, occupational medicine practitioners, occupational hygienists and researchers are: • Confirm the presence of particles within cells • Investigation of the link between exposure and disease Darkfield “2D” image of cells Rotated “3D” image of cells treated treated with particles . with particles 21
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