S AFETY AND HEAL TH INDUS TR Y PERFORMANCE REVIEW C ONTINUED Or ganisa tional o v ervie w and s tr a t egy T he f orum also launched an indus try wide initia tiv e tha t w as designed t o emphasise its r ene w ed f ocus on health and saf ety a t e v ery oper a tion Khumbul ekha y a s tr a t egy Khumbul ekha y a which is the Nguni w or d f or r emember home is a s tr a t egy on health and saf ety tha t has been de v eloped t o driv e and sus tain the mining indus try s pursuit of z er o harm T he emphasis on home dir ectly ackno wledges tha t f a talities ha v e the gr ea t es t impact on lo v ed ones a t home and enc our ages mine w ork ers and their managers t o bear these lo v ed ones in mind as the y go about their da y t oda y tasks T he w a y f orw ar d and ne xt s t eps on the Khumbul ekha y a s tr a t egy T he CEO Z er o Harm F orum with its ne w Khumbul ekha y a s tr a t egy r ec ognises tha t e v en one f a tality is one t oo man y T ha t said the r eduction demons tr a t es the benefcial ef ects of initia tiv es such as the Na tional Da y of Saf ety and Health in Mining and the v alue of c ontinuing with s tr a t egies such as Khumbul ekha y a Impr o v ements and suc c es ses cannot ho w e v er be cause f or c omplac enc y On the c ontr ary indus try ef orts as spearheaded b y the Miner als C ouncil not only need t o be maintained but the y mus t also be int ensifed In e v erything the indus try does the half a million emplo y ees need t o c ontinually r emember home T he implementa tion of the v arious pr ojects of the Khumbul ekha y a s tr a t egy is underw a y T hese include a f easibility s tudy f ocusing on the saf ety tr aining of emplo y ees in the mos t vulner able job ca t egories such as r ock drill oper a t ors and miners a holis tic peerr e vie w of incident in v es tiga tion s y s t ems the digitisa tion of learnings in or der t o ensur e w e learn fr om each other as w ell as other indus tries tripartit e engagements with principal s tak eholders Khumbul ekha y a health and saf ety c ommunica tions as w ell as the 20 20 Na tional Da y of Saf ety and Health in Mining thr ough the Khumbul ekha y a s tr a t egy Health perf ormanc e pr ogr es s agains t miles t ones T he indus try c ontinues t o support and implement measur es t o meet the 20 2 4 oc cupa tional health and saf ety miles t ones set in 20 14 thr ough the MHSC Sinc e 20 16 the Miner als C ouncil has had an electr onic health r eporting s y s t em in plac e tha t c ollects da ta on the miles t ones T he health r eporting s y s t em is a v ailable t o all c ompanies including t o nonmembers A tr end emer ged in 20 19 wher eb y the number of fnalised h y giene r eports which ar e r equir ed f or c omplianc e purposes f ell belo w the usual per c entage of mor e than 80 of r eports fnalised in the las t thr ee quart ers of 20 18 F or medicine r eporting c omplianc e a lar ge number of c ompanies r egis t er ed on the s y s t em but did not r eport Out of 9 2 c ompanies r egis t er ed 31 c ompanies c onsis t ently uploaded Siban y eS tillw a t er S A gold oper a tions da ta T hese 31 c ompanies ho w e v er ac c ount f or 81 of indus try emplo y ees and the number is thus v ery r epr esenta tiv e As ther e is a lag in the r eporting of healthr ela t ed perf ormanc e the s ta tis tics pr esent ed ar e f or 20 18 R espir able cry s talline silica quartz RCS miles t one T he RCS 20 2 4 miles t one tar get is a 9 5 r eduction t o a limit of 0 05 mg m 3 T her e w as a det erior a tion in perf ormanc e in meeting this miles t one tar get with 9 1 t o 12 of e xposur es being o v er the limit in 20 17 and 20 18 r espectiv ely see the gr aph o v erleaf A t the curr ent tr aject ory the indus try needs t o r edouble its ef orts t o further r educ e silica dus t e xposur e and meet the RCS miles t one W hile the RCS perf ormanc e b y Miner als C ouncil members in 20 18 w as w ell within the set aspir a tional tar get of 12 the indus try r egr es sed when c omparing 20 17 s e xposur e da ta with 20 18 s e xposur e Mos t gold c ompanies w er e not on tr ack t o meet the miles t one while mos t c ompanies in c oal pla tinum and other c ommodities w er e on tr ack P age 16