C oal dus t miles t one Meeting the c oal dus t miles t one also sho w ed a det erior a ting perf ormanc e fr om 9 in 20 17 t o 12 in 20 18 both of which ar e of the tar get t o r each the miles t one in 20 2 4 T he aspir a tional tar get in 20 18 f or c oal dus t w as 6 and a number of c oal c ompanies did not meet this tar get T he indus try is NO T pr ogr es sing w ell t o meet the miles t one tar get f or r espir able c oal dus t T hese de v elopments undersc or e the need t o c ontinue t o r educ e le v els of silica and c oal dus t in the indus try Noise Induc ed Hearing L os s NIHL Miles t one on machinery T he indus try is obliged t o elimina t e all machinery emitting mor e than 10 7dBA b y 20 2 4 Progress towards respirable crystalline silica milestone 20152018 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2023 2024 16 1 18 15 13 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 90 99 0 5 10 15 20 of individual personal RC S measurements 005mgm 3 RCS quartz milestone target Aspirational target Samples exceeding milestone target 87 5 5 5 5 Coal mines progress towards coal milestone 20152018 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2023 2024 14 2 6 5 4 4 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 5 10 15 of individual personal measurements 15mgm 3 Respirable RCS quartz milestone target Aspirational target Samples exceeding milestone target 80 91 81 5 5 5 5 6 7 8 10 Much pr ogr es s has been made with a 46 decr ease fr om 20 1520 18 in the number of machines emitting mor e than 10 7dB A Mos t of the machines tha t w er e not c ompliant w er e in the pla tinum sect or Oc cupa tional and non oc cupa tional diseases T he Miner als C ouncil member c ompanies thr ough the Health Department a t the Miner als C ouncil monit or the sect or s perf ormanc e on the pr e v ention and management of oc cupa tional diseases In the r ec ent pas t thr ough its fagship Maso yise Health Pr ogr amme the Miner als C ouncil prioritised nonc ommunicable diseases e g diabet es h ypert ension and mental health T he disease management pr ogr ammes ar e implement ed b y member c ompanies and da ta is submitt ed t o the Miner als C ouncil on a quart erly and annual basis on the Miner als C ouncil Inf orma tion Management S y s t em T he pr ogr amme perf ormanc e is monit or ed agains t the indus try miles t ones Miles t one on pneumoc oniosis Sinc e 20 13 the miles t one on pneumoc oniosis s tipula t es tha t ther e should be no ne w cases of silic osis or c oal w ork er s pneumoc oniosis C WP in emplo y ees who join the indus try as no vic es in 2009 No cases of pneumoc oniosis in no vic es ha v e been r eport ed on the Miner als C ouncil R eporting S y s t em T he Department of Miner al R esour c es and Ener gy DMRE ho w e v er r eport ed in Mar ch 20 19 tha t thr ee cases of pneumoc oniosis in no vic es had been diagnosed It w as agr eed betw een the MHSC and the CEO Z er o Harm F orum tha t these cases should be in v es tiga t ed T he r esults of the in v es tiga tion ar e s till a w ait ed Gener ally fr om DMRE s ta tis tics the numbers of emplo y ees diagnosed with silic osis ha v e been r educing c onsis t ently while cases of C WP ha v e been incr easing with one case in 2009 58 in 20 16 and 66 in 20 17 Ho w e v er this number r educ ed t o 2 7 in 20 18 Miles t one on NIHL S tandar d thr eshold shift S T S T he indus try c ommitt ed t o the tar get tha t as of 20 18 ther e should be no one with an S T S shift tha t e x c eeds 25dB fr om the baseline Although a number of people with an S T S shift of mor e than 25dB w er e diagnosed in 20 18 all w er e pr o v ed not t o meet the crit eria f or diagnosis C ompanies ha v e been pr o vided with a guidanc e not e on ho w the S T S cases should be r eport ed Sour c e Department o f Miner al Resour c es and Ener gy Sour c e Department o f Miner al Resour c es and Ener gy P age 17 MINERALS C OUNCIL SOUTH AFRICA INTEGRA TED ANNU AL REVIEW 20 19