PROMO TING ZERO HARM C ONTINUED S tr a t egic Goal 4 and oc cupa tional mortality causes T he da tabases which c ould be e xpanded t o include all r ele v ant mine w ork err ela t ed inf orma tion also need t o be digitised and monit or ed in c onjunction with k e y indus try s tak eholders T he sec ond s tudy w as c ommis sioned t o the Na tional Ins titut e f or Oc cupa tional Diseases o v er tw o y ears t o as ses s the causes of f a talities in f emale emplo y ees during emplo yment and de vise a s tr a t egy on the subject T he s tudy ar ose fr om indus try da ta indica ting tha t a number of f emale w ork ers w er e dying y oung although the causes of mortality w er e not all due t o their mining oc cupa tion T he objectiv es of the s tudy ar e t o As ses s and pr opose the bes t scientifc method f or soliciting inf orma tion on the e xt ent and causes of mortality in y oung f emale w ork ers C ompar e the f a talities of f emales t o those of males t o identify dif er enc es and or similarities Asc ertain if these f a talities w er e w ork r ela t ed or not Solicit vie w s of c ompanies on these f a talities and pr edisposing f act ors C onsult the r ele v ant s tak eholders on pos sible viable solutions f or this challenge Pr oduc e a r eport with r ec ommenda tions on ho w these f a talities can be pr e v ent ed and r educ ed T his s tudy will be c omplet ed in 20 20 and it is en visaged tha t the r esults will as sis t the indus try in r educing mortality especially in f emales P eer r e vie w s on fr e saf ety and oc cupa tional h y giene T he indus try has in the pas t fv e y ears e xperienc ed serious incidents with fr es T he CEO Z er o Harm F orum decided in 20 18 tha t peer audits be c onduct ed on fr e r eadines s and on oc cupa tional h y giene T he objectiv es of the s tudy w er e t o as ses s Fir e pr e v ention r eadines s and c omplianc e t o the Manda t ory C ode of Pr actic e of Fir es including c omplianc e t o Chapt er 5 under the MHS A A ct 29 of 1996 V erifca tion on the oc cupa tional health miles t one da ta fr om 20 15 t o 20 18 as captur ed on the Miner als C ouncil Oc cupa tional Health R eporting S y s t em and pr ogr es s t o meet the 20 2 4 miles t one da t e as set out a t the T ripartit e Summit held in 20 14 T he r esults of the s tudy will be a v ailable in early 20 20 and will be utilised t o impr o v e perf ormanc e in these ar eas Maso yise Health Pr ogr amme T he Boar d of the Miner als C ouncil appr o v ed the Maso yise Health Pr ogr amme t o run fr om 20 19 t o 20 21 T he pr ogr amme suc c eeded Maso yise iTB a pr oject fr om 20 16 t o 20 18 which achie v ed pr ogr es s in r aising the pr ofle of int erv entions agains t TB and HIV in the indus try T he Maso yise Health Pr ogr amme has a wider f ocus be y ond TB and HIV T he vision of the pr ogr amme is A mining indus try tha t pr ot ects and maximises the health and w ellnes s of its emplo y ees Its goal is t o r educ e the impact of TB HIV OLDs and nonc ommunicable diseases NCDs as oc cupa tional health thr ea ts in the mining sect or T he pr ogr amme ac quir ed the servic es of a Pr oject Manager in 20 19 It also c ontinued t o be a da tabase f or TB HIV NCD and OLD da ta Da ta f or NCDs and OLDs f or 20 18 19 will be analy sed and r eport ed on in 20 20 C ontact tr acing activities and meetings w er e held in the Bojanala and Emalahleni dis tricts leading t o impr o v ed a w ar enes s and r eporting T he c ontact tr acing t ool is no w digital on the Miner als C ouncil Oc cupa tional Health R eporting S y s t em and this has made r eporting f or 20 19 easier and mor e ac cur a t e T hese r esults will ho w e v er only be a v ailable in 20 20 Of gr ea t int er es t is tha t the pr ogr amme c onduct ed thr ee s tudies in 20 19 as f ollo w s T he pr o vision of TB servic es in the c oal sect or in Mpumalanga Identifying mis sed opportunities in TB f a talities in the South A frica mining sect or Health pr omotion and social beha viour change int erv entions T he s tudy on pr o vision of TB servic es in the c oal sect or w as c oncluded and its fndings w er e tha t although ther e w er e f e w er cases in the sect or the higher le v els of c ontr act or emplo y ees c ould be disguising the c ondition and ther e w as a need t o s tr engthen TB pr ogr ammes in the sect or All s tak eholders in the sect or will e v alua t e w a y s t o c omply with this pr oposal T he s tudy on mis sed opportunities in TB f a talities is t o be c omplet ed in 20 20 and int err oga t es if ther e w er e an y pr e v entable causes of dea th in those tha t died fr om TB L es sons fr om this s tudy will pr o vide v aluable guidanc e on ho w TB management can be impr o v ed t o r educ e mortality T he las t s tudy on health pr omotion and beha viour change will also be c omplet ed in 20 20 It will c ontribut e t o a bett er unders ta ting of ho w beha viour change which is important t o r educ e TB HIV and NCDs is managed in c ompanies and wha t v alue the Maso yise Health Pr ogr amme can add t o the c ompan y pr ogr ammes P age 98