Mine Health and Safety Council

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Mine Health and Safety Council
Presentation to P P C Mineral Resources MHSC
Annual Report for 2012/2013 12th MARCH 2014
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Contents

• Introduction of MHSC Team
• Vision Mission
• Strategy Map
• Overall Performance
• Performance on Pre-determined Objectives
• Issues raised by the Auditor General
• Conclusions and Way Forward

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VISION AND MISSION

• Vision
• Trusted advisor to the Minister of Mineral
  Resources and to Stakeholders for the South
  African Mining Sector, as Knowledge Leader in
  Occupational Health and safety issues, towards
  the Achievement of Zero Harm to Mine Workers,
  Communities and the Environment
• Mission
• To promote the Culture of Occupational Health
  and Safety (OHS) in the Mining Industry, by
  striving towards Zero Harm, on all Health and
  Safety Issues and Legislation

The Mine Health and Safety Council
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MHSC Mandate

• Advise the Minister on all occupational health
  and safety issues in the mining industry relating
  to legislation, research and promotion
• Review and develop legislation for recommendation
  to the Minister
• Promote health and safety culture in the mining
  industry
• Oversee research in relation to health and safety
  in the mining industry
• Liaise with other bodies concerned with health
  and safety issues

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2013 MILESTONES
Occupational Safety Fatalities and Injuries Milestones Occupational Safety Fatalities and Injuries Milestones
Industry Target Zero rate of fatalities and injuries In the Gold Sector By 2013, achieve safety performance levels equivalent to at least current international benchmarks for underground metalliferous mines
Industry Target Zero rate of fatalities and injuries In the Platinum, Coal and Other Sectors By 2013, achieve constant and continuous improvement equivalent to at least current international benchmarks
Occupational Health Milestones Occupational Health Milestones
Industry Target Elimination of Silicosis By December 2008, 95 of all exposure measurement results will be below the occupational exposure limit for respirable crystalline silica of 0.1mg/m3 (these results are individual readings and not average results)
Industry Target Elimination of Silicosis After December 2013, using present diagnostic techniques, no new cases of silicosis will occur amongst previously unexposed individuals (Previously unexposed individuals individuals unexposed prior to 2008, i.e. equivalent to a new person entering the industry in 2008)
Industry target Elimination of Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) After December 2008, the hearing conservation programme implemented by the industry must ensure that there is no deterioration in hearing greater that 10 amongst occupationally exposed individuals
Industry target Elimination of Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) By December 2013, the total noise emitted by all equipment installed in any workplace must not exceed a sound pressure level of 110dB(A) at any location in that workplace (includes individual pieces of equipment)
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STRUCTURE OF MHSC
Human Resources Remuneration Advisory Committee
(HRRAC)
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Strategic Objectives on a Strategy Map
CO4
CO3
Customer/Stakeholder
Internal Processes
Learning and Growth
Financial
CO2
Strengthen tripartite partnerships through
communication and promotions of the MHSC
programmes
Implement the MHSC initiatives from the Summit
action plans
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Customer Perspective Objectives Performance
OBJECTIVE STATUS
1. Promote a Health and Safety Culture (Culture Transformation Framework) ACHIEVED
2. Provide advice and reliable information on OHS NOT ACHIEVED
3. Strengthen Tripartite Partnership through communication and promotion ACHIEVED
4.Implement summit agreements ACHIEVED

• COMMENTARY
• Under this perspective significant delivery in
  all areas except on the advisory notes.
• Reason for non-delivery on Provision of Advisory
  notes was due to AG not recognising approvals by
  the Board in April.
• To avoid re-occurrence - the new workplan was
  approved that the target will be achieved by the
  3rd quarter of the financial year.

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Customer Perspective Objectives Performance

• COMMENTARY
• Workshops on women in mining PPE
• Driving the Culture Transformation Framework
• Workshops on Fitness for work, guidelines for
  workers incapacity due to ill health
• Workshop on developing a framework for reporting
  of Occupational Health Information management
  system

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Internal Processes Performance on Objective
STATUS
2.1. Become a Knowledge Leader in Mine OHS ACHIEVED
2.2. Achieve Operational Excellence through core business process ACHIEVED

• COMMENTARY
• For the financial year, the dissemination of
  research projects was core activities via
  presentations at conferences and seminars.
• All business processes were reviewed and mapped
  based on high risk areas identified from audit
  findings..

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Internal Processes Objective Performance

• COMMENTARY
• Focus on completion of research projects.
• Projects on Elimination of Falls of Ground
  early detection and risk elimination
• Integration of Seismic networks Phase 1 completed
• Project on improving PPE for women

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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SAFETY RESEARCH

• Approved New Projects
• Noise controls for mining equipment
• Technology Transfer Support Design in Bushveld
  complex Mine
• Completion of Continuous projects
• Completed Projects
• Rockfall Elimination - Measuring Monitoring to
  Induce Rockall risk
• Integration of SA National Seismograph Network
  Database with Mining Network
• Investigate of Digital Chest Radiography in SA
  Mining Industry
• Design Selection Management of Protective Eye
  Equipment

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Learning Growth Perspective Objectives
Performance
Objectives STATUS
1. Ensure adequate skills and capacity ACHIEVED
2. Enhance Knowledge and information management PARTIALLY ACHIEVED

• COMMENTARY
• MHSC improved on the performance in the previous
  financial year.
• Challenge was in the obtaining of a Knowledge
  Information Management System.
• Focus is on strengthening the ICT environment on
  policy and procedures prior to the implementation
  of new systems to address this area.

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MHSC Initiatives- OHS Summit
Health and Safety Culture
Implement culture transformation framework
Improve tripartite relations
Ensure implementation of summit commitments
Learning industry
Establish Centre of Excellence for research, research implementation and capacity-building focusing on
Improve OHS capacity
Reduce illiteracy in the mining sector
Increase scarce skills that are critical to OHS
Improve monitoring of occupation diseases
Healthy and Safe Workplaces
Eliminate Silicosis Eliminate NIHL Eliminate falls of Ground Eliminate transport and machinery accidents
Improve lifestyle of mine workers
Integrate and simplify compensation system
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MHSC Initiatives- Summit Action Plan

• CULTURE TRANSFORMATION FRAMEWORK
• The Culture Transformation Framework (CTF) was
  given prominence and promoted during the MineSafe
  2012 Conference.
• MHSC facilitated and chaired a panel discussion
  with members from the various stakeholders on
  the issues CTF
• The MHSC Office received pledges from
  conferenceattendees on the CTF
• implementation

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Financial Perspective Objectives Performance
Objectives STATUS
1. Ensure financial sustainability ACHIEVED
2. Ensure appropriate financial resources for delivery of MHSC programmes ACHIEVED

• COMMENTARY
• Debt management processes are effective
• Increased focus on project management resulted in
  significant improvement in research expense and
  payments as per budget.

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Financial performance overview
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Financial Performance Notes

• Major savings are in personnel costs because most
  positions were vacant during the year
• Reduction is spending led to a higher finance
  income than the budget

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Auditor General Report
Year 2013 2012
Audit Opinion Unqualified Unqualified
Emphasis of matter Yes bad debts written Off Yes Reinstatement of 2011 figures
Expenditure Management Irregular Irregular
Expenditure Management 2.651 million 6.733 million
Expenditure Management Fruitless and wasteful Fruitless and wasteful
Expenditure Management R59 000 R0.00
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Causes of Irregular
Year 2013 2012
Rands R000 R000
Violating delegation of authority 1600 165
Awarded to suppliers whose tax matters were not in order 338 0
Five year lease 60 59
Non-Compliance with PPPFA 653 6509
Total 2651 6733
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Turnaround Actions

• Engagement on the SCM re-engineering project in
  January 2013
• Formed standing bid committees and sent members
  for training
• Tightened performance reviews and accountability
  on SCM staff members
• Electronic Supplier database enhanced

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Mine Health and Safety Council

• Strengths
• Tripartism
• Similar voice by all towards ZERO HARM
• Sound Risk Management

• Challenges
• The need for proactive/leading indicators
• Lack of research capacity nationally
• Research Implementation
• Reporting of data

• Opportunities
• The MHSC OHS Summit
• The Centre of Excellence
• The Cultural Transformation Framework
• Focus on Technology Transfer
• Reporting on OHS in mining charter

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ZERO HARM THE ULTIMATE
Mine Health and Safety Council
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