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OVERVIEW ON HEALTH AND SAFETY AFFECTING WOMEN IN
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Presentation Outline• Background• Personal Protective Equipment• Health Risks• Fatalities and Injuries Involving Women• Safety and Security• Conclusion
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Background• Traditionally, the South African Mining Industry (SAMI) has
been a male dominated sector.
• The promulgation of the MPRDA and the Mining Charter created an enabling environment for women to participate in SAMI.
• The Mining Charter set a target of 10% of women in the SAMI by 2014.
• Women entering a traditionally male dominated sector, meant that the environment had to change to accommodate them.
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BackgroundChallenges experienced include amongst others:
• Lack of proper Personal Protective Equipment
• Safety and security challenges impacting on WIM
• Sexual Harassment - major barrier for women entering the mining sector
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Personal Protective Equipment • Personal protective equipment (PPE) for the mining industry has
previously been designed for men.
• Women working in the mining industry have unique and special health and safety needs resulting from their anatomical and physiological makeup.
• PPE for women must be designed to comply with: • the physiological and anatomical being of female mine workers• be based upon female anthropometric (body measurement) data• Nature of mining environment• Nature of work performed
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Personal Protective Equipment • PPE available for use in heavy duty work environments such as mining
and construction are unsuitable and inherently unsafe for female workers – as most PPE were designed based on the male population
characteristics. • Female workers in these workplaces have:
– inadequate protection against risks from work-related hazards while,– their personal comfort and work performance were also
compromised. • Literature also showed that inadequate or ill-fitting PPE presents a safety
hazard for any worker.• PPE should incorporate ergonomic and comfort aspects of users so as to
guarantee its efficiency and effectiveness.
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Safety, Security and Sexual Harassment• Workplace Violence (WV) and Sexual Harassment (SH) is a recurrent
problem and a threat to the health, safety and security of female workers in the SAMI
• Lack of formal structures, awareness, education and support in the management of violence, abuse and SH in the SAMI ensure that most female victims either:– do not formally report incidents or– opt to deal with them personally
• Policies and procedures for managing WV and SH are either non-existent or where they exist were obsolete and ineffective.
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Occupational Hygiene PerformancePersonal exposure to Noise Exposures– Commodity
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Gold Chrome Coal Copper Iron Ore PGM Diamonds Other Total RSA
% Heg A 0.404154633737235
0 0.563477107975227
0 0 1.19538577511805
0 0.738020632255632
0.73512253098784
% Heg B 79.0954019978774
81.1846200321762
49.6992333519522
83.5050304235195
70.8984375 81.6855148204125
61.6332343323995
52.6488386500148
73.0153487884863
% Heg C 20.5004433683854
18.8153799678237
49.7372895400726
16.4949695764805
29.1015625 17.1190994044694
38.3667656676005
46.6131407177296
26.2495286805259
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Occupational Hygiene PerformancePersonal exposure to Airborne Pollutants – Commodity
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Gold Chrome Coal Copper Iron Ore PGM Diamonds Other Total RSA
% Heg A 9.06878982733445
1.10327866994571
10.613702399124
10.0078186082877
31.8905237089373
0.324667752281316
3.79986609840135
5.5396618485663
5.65222589574305
% Heg B 31.4590974922971
19.1920622867958
32.0731016392079
13.6099631408466
34.3843324349916
2.85730346956143
22.8302225705841
19.5479137586951
18.4079389793733
% Heg C 59.4721126803684
79.7046590432585
57.3131959616681
76.3822182508656
33.7251438560711
96.8180287781573
73.3699113310146
74.9124243927386
75.9398351248837
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Occupational disease trends by region: 2013 and 2014
2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 Percentage change
Region Sil Sil PTB PTB Sil+TB Sil+TB NIHL NIHL CWP CWP Asb Asb Other Other Total Total
EC 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 100%
FS 483 472 775 597 51 55 170 195 0 0 2 1 106 116 1587 1436 -10%
GR 309 224 646 818 3 13 173 192 0 0 0 0 74 120 1205 1367 13%
KZN 6 2 65 86 0 0 15 23 1 2 1 0 1 3 89 116 30%
LP 6 1 45 110 0 0 132 169 8 4 0 3 4 6 195 293 50%
MP 41 28 335 375 1 3 308 198 111 88 6 9 70 60 872 761 13%
NC 0 7 39 102 0 0 151 185 1 0 0 1 6 8 197 303 54%
NW (K) 362 136 403 199 93 37 96 104 0 0 0 0 165 68 1119 544 -51%
NW (R) 220 193 940 1166 1 1 339 342 4 0 1 1 25 30 1530 1733 13%
WC 1 0 7 3 0 0 5 16 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 20 43%
TOTAL 1430 1063 3255 3460 149 109 1389 1424 125 94 10 15 452 412 6810 6577 -3%
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2014 Summit Milestones
• Goal is ZERO Harm• Elimination of Occupational Lung Diseases• Elimination of Noise Induced Hearing Loss• Reduction and prevention of TB, HIV and AIDS
infections• Elimination of fatalities and injuries
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Safety and SecurityRisk factors include:
• Shift work and physical violence
• Living at home and commuting
• Place and time of the incident and the perpetrator and day of
the week.
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MHSC Research Projects • Personal Protective Equipment for Women in
Mining • Safety and Security Challenges impacting on
Women in Mining• Prevention materials for sexual harassment in
the mining industry.
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Conclusions• 2014 Summit Milestones
• MHSC Research Projects
• Research projects have been completed and the outcomes are ready for implementation!
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Thank you I
Ngiyabonga !
Dankie !Ke leboha !
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