National Day
of health & safety in mining

17 July 2020

MINERALS COUNCIL LAUNCHES BEHAVIOUR CHANGE FIELD GUIDE FOR COVID-19 MINERALS COUNCIL LAUNCHES NATIONAL DAY OF HEALTH AND SAFETY 2020

The Minerals Council South Africa today launched the National Day of Health & Safety in Mining 2020. This is the third annual day that is being commemorated.

Presentation

Behaviour change
field guide

Speaker Notes Dr Balfour

Speaker Notes Mr Mkhwanazi

Speaker Notes Mr Baxter

Health & safety in mining

Message from CEOs

AUDIO: Launch of the National Day of Health and Safety 2020

A CEO-led strategy
on health and safety

Developed and led by the Minerals Council’s CEO Zero Harm Forum, Khumbul’ekhaya is a rallying cry for a step-change in safety and health performance driven at the highest levels of the industry.

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Statistics

Since the advent of democracy in South Africa, the health and safety efforts of the mining industry and its partners have paid off in dramatic and literally life-saving ways. Between 1993 and 2019, the industry experienced a 92% overall decline in the number of fatalities, and a 93% decline in fatalities that occurred as a result of falls of ground. Injuries decreased by 72% over the same time period.

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