Mine Health and Saf ety C ouncil MHSC T he Miner als C ouncil is part of the MHSC a tripartit e or ganisa tion tha t advises the Minis t er of Miner al R esour c es and Ener gy on ma tt ers of health and saf ety Se v er al Miner als C ouncil members serv e on the advisory c ommitt ees of the MHSC the Mining Oc cupa tional Health A dvisory C ommitt ee MOHA C Mining Indus try TB and HIV AID S A dvisory C ommitt ee MITHA C Saf ety in Mining R esear ch A dvisory C ommitt ee SIMRA C Cultur e T r ansf orma tion A dvisory C ommitt ee CT A C Mining R egula tion A dvisory C ommitt ee MRA C and the W omen in Mining subC ommitt ee In 20 19 the Miner als C ouncil w as in v olv ed in the f ollo wing activities of the MHSC W orkshop on the F ourth Indus trial R e v olution and its implica tions f or health and saf ety in the mining indus try T he Cultur e T r ansf orma tion Fr ame w ork Pillars Implementa tion Guidanc e W orkshop T he W omen in Mining Indaba In 20 19 the MHSC appr o v ed a number of r egula t ory guidelines including the f ollo wing Guideline on the Pr e v ention of Flammable G as Explosions in mines other than c oal T his guideline will as sis t nonc oal mines t o r educ e the risk of an ignition of fammable gas Guidanc e not e f or the Management and C ontr ol of HIV in the South A frican Mining Indus try T his will guide the indus try in managing and c ontr olling HIV in a holis tic manner Chapt er 3 of the Mine Health and Saf ety A ct Electricity R egula tions Chapt er 14 of the Mine Health and Saf ety A ct Pr ot ection of Surf ac es and W orkings R egula tions T he f ourth Oc cupa tional Health Dialogue w as held on 7 8 Mar ch 20 19 T he slogan f or the dialogue w as Oc cupa tional Health be y ond C omplianc e and the theme w as Shaping the F utur e o f Oc cupa tional Health in the South A frican Mining Indus try K e y t opics included the F ourth Indus trial R e v olution the cannabis judgement and its impact on ftnes s t o w ork mental health the harmonisa tion of HIV tr ea tment and the s tandar disa tion of TB tr ea tment T he out c ome of the dialogue included a pr oposal f or the de v elopment of a guidanc e not e on cannabis use and the guidanc e not e on the management and c ontr ol of HIV T he tripartit e r esear ch arm of the MHSC the SIMRA C fnalised the f ollo wing r esear ch r eports in which Miner als C ouncil r epr esenta tiv es lobbied and adv oca t ed the adoption of emplo y ers int er es ts SIM 16090 3 Situa tional analy sis f or Oc cupa tional Health Pr actitioners with specific r ef er enc e t o section 121 and Section 133AI o f the MHS A the aim of the s tudy w as t o in v es tiga t e the ac c eptable number of oc cupa tional h y gienis t mine en vir onmental engineers and oc cupa tional medical pr actitioners tha t the mine should appoint in r ela tion t o the number of emplo y ees and mines as w ell as the dis tanc es betw een the mines being servic ed Seed funding f or r esear ch labor a t ories Pr oject 10 the upgr ading o f the Univ ersity o f Pr et oria labor a t ory and fieldt es ting f acilities f or sound sour c e loca tion W hile the servic e pr o vider has c omplet ed the pr oject SIMRA C has not appr o v ed the dr aft fnal r eport T he aim of the s tudy w as t o de v elop an ac ous tic camer a tha t w ould as sis t the mining indus try t o loca t e nois y c omponents of a machine or equipment C oE 15060 2 As ses s the f easibility o f r educing diesel particula t e ma tt er DPM e xposur e thr ough r eplac ement and or c on v ersion o f all T ier 0 with T ier 2 or T ier 3 engines t o be able t o use sulphur diesel fuel and f or the eff ectiv e maint enanc e o f diesel machines T he aim of the s tudy w as t o pr o vide the mining indus try with a guideline tha t can as sis t with implementing a DPM emis sion r eduction pr ogr amme t o r educ e mine emplo y ee e xposur e t o DPM SIM 160 7 0 1 De v eloping minimum illumina tion s tandar ds f or mobile equipment oper a ting in open pit and under gr ound mines in the South A frican mining indus try S AMI T he aim of the s tudy is t o pr o vide a guideline on illumina tion s tandar ds pr actic es principles and applicable aspects f or equipment oper a ting in under gr ound and surf ac e mining oper a tions C oE 15050 1 As ses s the F easibility o f De v eloping C ollision Management S y s t ems f or South A frican Mines T he purpose of this r esear ch is t o es tablish a t es t and simula tion capability and s tandar d v erifca tion methods t o e v alua t e c ollision management s y s t ems T his r eport w as r e vie w ed b y MRA C a t the MHSC T he MHSC c ontinues t o be the leading tripartit e f orum f or the pr omotion of oc cupa tional health and saf ety in the indus try Int erna tional C ouncil of Mining and Metals ICMM T he Miner als C ouncil is an as socia tion member of the ICMM T he ICMM in c ollabor a tion with its members and other s tak eholders w orks P age 6 1 MINERALS C OUNCIL SOUTH AFRICA INTEGRA TED ANNU AL REVIEW 20 19