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There are some differences between the Mponeng Mine and other gold mines.
1. Parts are 4 kms deep, spare a thought for how social disctancing works...2 to a lift please.
2. Its a 2 hour journey from the surface to the active face. see 1 above
3. rock temperatures are north of 65 d c,
culture, safety records
This decline also casts somewhat discredits the effectiveness of the company’s safety initiatives at the site; while the number of fatalities has fallen from five in 2016 to just one in 2018, the number of injuries has actually increased over this period, from 15.4 injuries per million hours worked to 17.1 incidents. While the number of incidents may be in decline due to a smaller working population, those that still work at the mine could be facing a higher occupational risk than their predecessors.
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S African gold mines have been on the long road to closure for decades now. Comes a time when they are unprofitable, and my guess this would be very close now.
The attitude of many South African employers and many employees is very different!
https://theconversation.com/why-easing-the-lockdown-threatens-to-put-workers-in-south-africa-at-risk-138846
This system, therefore, relies on voluntary compliance by employers. But, sadly, high levels of noncompliance with basic labour laws are a common feature of the South African labour relations landscape. This is not peculiar to the conditions of lockdown but is indicative of a wider culture of noncompliance among employers in the country.
Culture of noncompliance and a lack of enforcement
Data from the labour department’s inspectorate shows that just over a third of the employers it has inspected since the beginning of the lockdown have not been compliant with occupational health and safety measures designed to protect workers.
Commenting on the high levels of noncompliance, the inspector general, Aggy Moiloa, said:
We are shocked that many organisations are still struggling to comply with the OHS Act. It should be every organisation’s habit.
But a quick look at the data for previous years shows that this level of noncompliance is normal and should not have come as a surprise.
Last year, the department reported to the employment and labour parliamentary portfolio committee that, on average, over a third (37%) of the employers inspected had not been compliant with the occupational health and safety act. Similar levels of noncompliance with basic labour law are also seen in the high percentage of employers that have failed to register their workers for the Unemployment Insurance Fund.
Reply to me from my Centamin this morning -
Still zero at Sukari. Fingers crossed going forward!!
Agree, completely irrelevant posts from White Wash. Move on now.....
Nice one white door, are you trying to panic investors.
Sounds like it.
Excuse me ,if I am wrong.
Correction 650 workers test positive for coronavirus!
Operations at the world's deepest gold mine, in South Africa, have been halted after 164 cases of coronavirus were detected there.
The Mponeng mine, like all others in the country, resumed operations last month after being closed in March as part of a national lockdown.
It had been operating at 50% capacity but some workers have reportedly raised concerns about their safety.
Most of those who tested positive were not showing any symptoms.
They have all been put into isolation, according to the mine's owners, AngloGold Ashanti.
The company said that 650 workers had been tested after a first case was detected last week