Mining Injuries
Mediclinic and ER24 are highlighting the importance of clean hands in preventing infections and improving healthcare. Today, May 5, is Global Health Professionals Hand Hygiene Day, a day dec... Read more
[WITBANK, MP – 07 JUNE 2012 AT 13H00] A coal miner is in a critical condition after suffering a traumatic injury to his leg while busy drilling a hole at a coal mine near to Middleburg this... Read more
VANDERBIJL PARK 4 May 2012, 08:15 A 11 year old boy sustained some injuries this morning following a rugby incident in Vanderbijlpark. The boy was allegedly playing an informal game of rugby... Read more
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 yester... Read more
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 Wednesd... Read more
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 h... Read more
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 heari... Read more
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. T... Read more
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 con... Read more
