Two workers were critically injured when they were thrown nearly twenty meters by jets of water when a water main atop a mine dump exploded near Orkney in the North West Province late yesterday. The cause of the incident and the series of events leading up to it remain uncertain. Common cause information indicates that [...]
Johannesburg – Rescuers were looking for a miner who was trapped in a fall of ground at Harmony Gold’s Kusasalethu mine near Carletonville, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday. “It was on the night shift and rescuers are trying to reach the trapped person,” said Marian van der Walt. A formal announcement with further details [...]
KUILSRIVER 26 October 2011, 13:15 One man has sustained a severe injury to his hand in a factory earlier this afternoon. The worker aged 39 was allegedly cleaning a piece of machinery when he tried to collect something behind the machines rolling mechanism. The man’s hand was then caught in the rolling mechanism and crushed [...]
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Tags: ER24, hand injuries, preventing injuries 
No Comments »When we reflect on accidents and injury we tend to think of cuts, broken bones and blood. We however neglect the risk of other injury that might be less visible – such as that of hearing loss! Accidents or risks at the workplace that result in loss of hearing might be more threatening to the [...]
A friend in the road safety environment shared a few photos of an accident at an Anglo Coal mine in Witbank. Unfortunately no further info is available as to the well being of the drivers. Transportation related accidents are always of concern to the Mining Companies, and at MiningSafety.co.za we are addressing this aspect of [...]
Posted in Accidents, Injuries, Mining, Road Tags: accident on mines, mining accidents, vehicle accidents on coal mines 1 Comment »Efforts to address mining safety extend far beyond only preventing fatalities. There are a wide range of hazardous activities in everyday mining operations – and safety experts are continuously seeking to improve safety awareness, training and providing the best medical response services. Earlier today the Mining Safety website revealed an interesting Report from the Department [...]
Posted in Accidents, Injuries, Mining Tags: ER24 and mining safety, injuries at mines, mining accidents, mining injuries, mining safety No Comments »A senior mining official says a methane gas explosion in a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan has killed at least six miners and trapped 46 others. Iftikhar Ahmed, a top mine inspector, said Sunday’s accident occurred at a mine in Baluchistan province, some 40km east of the provincial capital, Quetta. The mine is owned by [...]
Rescuers ended an attempt to reach a man who was still alive after falling into a deep, unstable mine shaft, saying the effort posed too great a risk to people trying to descend into the pit. A video camera determined the man was still breathing on Friday after plunging 58m into the shaft on Wednesday [...]
South Africa’s highest court has ordered mining company, AngloGold Ashanti, to compensate the family of a dead mineworker, overturning a law that prohibited mineworkers with lung diseases from claiming compensation. Thursday’s judgment against AngloGold came nearly a week after the death of Thembekile Mankayi, whose lawyer said contracted tuberculosis and breathing problems from 17 years [...]
The recent development of the Miningsafety.co.za information portal has been inspired by the development of the well-known road safety website ArriveAlive.co.za. During the development of this road safety portal the developers rendered assistance to several mining companies in creating awareness of safety aspects such as safe transportation, driver fatigue, overloading etc. We decided to broaden [...]
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