Mining safety milestones: South Africa's 2024 …
South Africa's mining sector recorded 42 fatalities in 2024, a 24% decline from 2023, achieving its lowest-ever annual fatality count. Occupational injuries dropped 16% year-over-year to 1,841 cases, with occupational …
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of ground incidents is the most common occupational injury in the South African mining industry due to a prevalence of deep, high-stress mines in the country (the deepest mines can ...
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South African mining industry records lowest number of …
The South African mining industry recorded the lowest number of incidents of occupational diseases, injuries, and deaths in 2024, marking the lowest-ever number of …
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HEALTH AND SAFETY ON SOUTH AFRICAN MINES
Despite an 88% improvement in fatality rates between 1993 and 2016, the number of lives lost in South African mining operations is appalling. The target of Zero Harm has been welcomed by …
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Mine Accidents and Disasters | Department of Mineral …
The overall number of deaths in the South African mining industry has declined over the past decades, but the greatest impact of mining accidents is noticed amongst the family members …
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Fatalities on South African mines fall to record low …
Department of mineral and petroleum resources data published on Thursday showed there were 42 fatalities last year compared to 55 in 2023, a 24% reduction. Last year's numbers showed an absence of "disaster type …
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South Africa: gold mining fatalities and injuries | Statista
Minerals Council South Africa. "Total fatal accidents and injuries related to gold mining in South Africa in 2021 and 2022." Chart. November 30, 2023.
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/ AUGUST 2023 SAFETY IN MINING
SAFETY IN SOUTH AFRICA SINCE DEMOCRACY Since the first democratic elections in South Africa, the country's mining industry and its partners have implemented numerous health and …
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Safety Performance: Benchmarking progress of …
South African Mining Industry Response to Falls of Ground Incidents. Falls of ground incidents present a major challenge for the South African Mining Industry. Over the past 30 years, the industry has made …
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Mining fatalities drop 24% as industry nears Zero Harm
While lagging indicators such as fatality rates remain important, there is now an increased emphasis on leading indicators that provide early warnings for incident prevention. …
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Comparison of fatality rates – all mines: South …
Download scientific diagram | Comparison of fatality rates – all mines: South Africa fatality rate versus Australia, Canada and USA fatality rates. Source: Chamber of Mines of South Africa ...
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South African mines report increased fatalities in 2023
South Africa's Minerals Council notes a regression in mining safety, with fatalities rising in 2023, largely attributed to a single tragic incident. ... South African mines report increased fatalities in …
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The NUM noted the 2024 mining fatality report by the …
The South African mining industry recorded forty-two (42) fatalities in 2024 marking the lowest ever number of fatalities in the history of mining in South Africa. This represents a …
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Fatalities in the South African mining industry …
As of 2023, the number of fatalities in the South African mining industry reached its lowest level, with 54 recorded fatalities. This presents an increase from the previous year, which...
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A systemic study of mining accident causality: an …
This indicates the possibility of conflicting goals. This view is shared by Ashworth and Peake (1994), who conducted separate research on the South African gold and platinum mining industry, and the findings of a study by Lenné et al. …
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Daily Fatality Report
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Mining industry, 2022 / Statistics South Africa. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa, 2024 Report No.: 20-01-02 (2022) 42 pages ISBN: 978-0-621-51956-3 A complete set of Stats SA publications …
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Minerals Council South Africa: Record 2024 safety …
The Minerals Council South Africa, an advocacy body whose members account for 90% of annual mined production in South Africa by value says, "The record low number of …
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Safety in South African accident statistics mines: An
The underground fatality rate for South African coal mining is, on average, eight times that of the UK, four times that of all EEC coal mines taken together, and over double that of the USA. ...
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Virtual reality for mine safety training in South Africa
In the case of the mining industry, the low levels of education and literacy among mineworkers in South Africa are seen as a hindrance to effective safety training and as contributing to the poor …
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Mining industry records lowest number of deaths …
The mining industry recorded 42 fatalities in 2024, which was down from 55 the previous year, with 49 registered in 2022. ALSO READ: Transforming old mines can tackle illegal mining crisis....
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South Africa's mining sector records lowest fatality rate in …
According to Mantashe, the South African mining industry recorded 42 fatalities in 2024, down 24 percent compared with the 55 deaths reported in 2023.
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FACT SHEET / AUGUST 2023 SAFETY IN MINING
The industry also reported a total of 2,056 serious injuries in 2022, down from 2,143 in 2021. 49 553 219 Fatalities: 1995-2022 1995 20072 022 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Source: …
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FACT SHEET / AUGUST 2023 SAFETY IN MINING
The number of fatalities in the South African mining industry improved by 34% to 49 in 2022, compared to 74 in 2021. FACT SHEET / AUGUST 2023 SAFETY IN MINING …
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Most fatalities in the South African mining industry were historically caused by falls of ground, transport and general accidents. Since 2021, falls of ground were no longer the major cause, …
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ICMM publishes 2019 mining occupational safety data
The report also examines incidents by country. Company member operations in Brazil had the highest fatality rate of 0.83, recording 252 fatalities from approximately 303.6 …
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ESTIMATING THE CONTINUOUS RISK OF ACCIDENTS …
1.1 South African mine safety Table 1 shows the statistics of accidents in the mining industry in South Africa in nd 2011 a 2012. A fatality rate and injury rate is included in the table, which …
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(PDF) Safety and Health in Mining
In the 2000s, there was a decrease both in fatal (0.039 per 100 person-years in 2010) and overall (0.88 per 100 person-years) accidents in gold mining (Nelson and Murray, 2013).
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South Africa's mining sector records lowest fatality …
The South African mining industry recorded 42 fatalities in 2024, the lowest ever recorded. This record achievement represented an improvement of 24% over the 55 fatalities recorded in 2023...
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Sub-standard practices: effects on safety performance in …
new targets for 2024 were set for the South African mining industry (Association of Mine Managers of South Africa, 2014). The new milestones that were set in terms of occupa-tional …
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