Recent Gold Mining Incidents On Hazards In South Africa

Mining has consistently been a significant contributor to South Africa's GDP, particularly in the late 20th century. It remains a vital sector, providing jobs and fostering regional development.

A systemic study of mining accident causality: An analysis of 91 mining accidents from a platinum mine in South Africa January 2017 Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and ...

Ashworth, S.G.E. and Peake, A.V. 1994. Assessment of the dominant circumstances and factors giving rise to accidents in the gold and platinum mining industries. Safety in Mines Research Advisory Committee, GAP 055, March, …

The South African mining industry has made strides in preventing deaths from fall-of-ground incidents. But the industry's safety record is still regressing after decades of improvement, the ...

The increasing number of accidents puts the spotlight on the mining industry's safety protocols and the need for more stringent measures to protect workers. Behind the statistics are stories of individual lives lost, families …

The South African mining industry has endeavoured through meandering pathways in its safety journey towards Zero Harm. Everyone in mining recognises the importance of constant focus, continuous learning and innovation with respect to inculcating a culture of safety in all activities on mining operations. Safety learning and sharing of lessons are imperative for …

South African miner Harmony Gold on Monday reported that four workers died on Saturday in a maintenance-related accident at its Kusasalethu mine, 90 kilometres (55.92 miles) west of Johannesburg.

MINE ACCIDENTS AND DISASTERS. 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 …

At least 54 workers died in mining-related accidents in South Africa last year. ... Harmony Gold reports fatality at South Africa mine. Reuters | May 22, 2024 | 8:16 am Top Companies Africa Gold

109. South Africa's mining sector is taking a decisive step towards enhancing safety by investing R46 million in a comprehensive action plan aimed at eradicating fall-of-ground (FoG) fatalities.

In 2022, 12 fatal accidents occurred as a result of gold mining in South Africa. However, the same activity caused 589 injuries in the same year. Compared to 2021, fatalities and injuries from...

Harmony Gold will be hosting a safety day for its employees this week, following the tragic death of a rock drill operator at the Doornkop mine in South Africa, on May 2, 2024. This is to emphasise the importance of good …

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 safety are listed below (Association of Mine Managers of South Africa, 2014): 'Every mining company must have a target of ZERO FATALITIES Every Fatality is one too ...

Since the first accidents were reported in 1904, many mine workers in the South African mining industry - and the world - have lost their lives because of mining accidents. In terms of Chapter 23 of the Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act 29 of 1996), as amended, employers must report accidents aand dangerous occurence that occur at a mine ...

South Africa is the world's leading producer of platinum. Mine accidents are common in South Africa, where hundreds of thousands work in the industry. South Africa has the world's deepest mines and is a major exporter of gold, diamonds, coal and other raw materials. Many of the deep mines have lifts that can carry more than 100 people at a time.

Gold mines are the most dangerous in South Africa and have higher accident and injury rates than other mines (Eweje, 2005). Gold mining is also the subsector of the mining industry directly impacted by the selected accidents, as the two incident organisations identified were primarily engaged in gold mining activities.

In 2022, fatalities in South Africa's mining industry hit a record low for a single year since the start of industrial-scale operations in the late 19th century.

The heightened focus on safety halted and reversed the two-year regression in safety as the Minerals Council and its members urgently addressed the unacceptable safety performance of the industry during and immediately after the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.. The many collaborative initiatives by the Board of the Minerals Council and the mining …

However, subsequent to this group safety intervention, Sibaye's South African operations experienced three separate fatal safety incidents between November 29 and December 3 – resulting in five ...

In the worst mine disaster in South Africa, a large section of the Clydesdale Colliery, at the Coalbrook mine near burg, Orange Free State, caved in.About 1,000 miners were in the mine at the time and 435 died after being …

South Africa's gold mines are the deepest and among the most dangerous in the world but the industry has made strides to improve safety in recent years. Because of the Doornkop incident and other operational problems, the company's gold production fell 12 percent in the quarter to 269,000 ounces.

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 indicates the rate of accidents per million worker-hours. Table 1: South African mining fatalities and injuries and their rates per commodity

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) employs 14–19 million people globally. There is limited research on accidents, injuries, and safety in Zimbabwe's ASGM. This study investigates the prevalence of accidents and injuries, as well as the ...

As ore mines ramp up and come on stream, the total number of active surface machines (including trucks, excavators, shovels, loaders, graders and dozers) is forecast to rise from 141,470 in 2020 to 167,367 by 2025.

Rescuers recovered eight bodies and continued to search for another missing worker on Thursday after a fire and rock-fall at a Harmony Gold mine near Johannesburg, the worst accident in South Africa's mines in nearly five years. Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu ordered an investigation into the incident at the Doornkop mine, 30 km west

South Africa achieved a record six months without a mining fatality caused by a fall-of-ground (Fog) incidents in its gold and platinum mines, industry body the Minerals Council South Africa reports.

Mining is a high-risk occupation and considered one of the oldest industries in the world (Jiang et al., 2017).Mining accidents, hazards, and disasters have a number of similarities in terms of their significant impacts on the victims (Lyra,2019), mine owners (Li et al., 2019), mine workers (Aliabadi et al., 2018, Li et al., 2019), governments (Pons, 2016, Lyra, 2019), policy …

By: Leigh McMaster ( Virtual Showroom) Mining has played a crucial role in South Africa's economic development and history, shaping both the nation's economy and its social landscape. Mining in South Africa dates back to the early inhabitants who extracted minerals for tools and ornaments. However, modern mining began in the 19th century with the discovery of …

The FOG fatal accidents predominantly in deep-level gold and platinum mining operations, and the presence of seismic events increases the risk of gravity-induced and …

A gainst the backdrop of record high prices for gold, Sibanye-Stillwater has reported a surge in illegal mining incidents and arrests around its South African operations that produce the precious metal. Known as "Zama …