{"id":248698,"date":"2023-01-31T12:52:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T10:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/49-fatalities-recorded-in-mining-industry\/"},"modified":"2023-01-31T12:52:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T10:52:16","slug":"49-fatalities-recorded-in-mining-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/49-fatalities-recorded-in-mining-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"49 fatalities recorded in mining industry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The mining industry has recorded the lowest number of fatalities on record during 2022.<\/p>\n

This was revealed by Mineral Resources and Energy Minister, Gwede Mantashe, on Tuesday during the release of the Mine Health and Safety Performance Report 2022.<\/p>\n

The industry recorded 49 fatalities last year \u2013 down from 74 in 2021 and 60 in 2020.<\/p>\n

Some 2 056 injuries were recorded, down from 2 143 in 2021, with no machinery related fatalities and no mine disasters reported.<\/p>\n

Mantashe said although the numbers indicate a significant reduction, more needs to be done to reach the Zero Harm target set for the industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt remains a collective duty for all social partners to ensure that our mineworkers return home from work unharmed every day. We are encouraged that our collective efforts continue to show a downward trend in occupational diseases, injuries and fatalities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are improving in fatalities. We are improving in injuries but the numbers remain high. An incident is a pointer that there were potential fatalities, so we must pay more attention to that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mantashe said fall of ground incidents \u2013 which have claimed the most lives since large scale mining began in South Africa \u2013 have also reduced by some 70%, to six incidents last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is progress\u2026 because gold mines are deep and old and therefore, are beginning to mine the pillars. When you mine those pillars, it means that seismicity becomes prevalent in the industry and fall of ground becomes prevalent.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo as we improve fall of ground as a source of incidents in the industry, it is something that we must celebrate because it means we do mine pillars and we go back to old areas of mining, but we are careful and we are applying our minds to protect mineworkers from accidents,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Minister said the health and safety of mineworkers is imperative for the industry\u2019s sustainability.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn industry that kills its workers is not sustainable. An industry that protects its workers is sustainable because people who work in that industry begin to have trust in the industry itself. The trust deficit between the industry and its workers is something that we have to be conscious about,\u201d he said. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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