PROMO TING ZERO HARM C ONTINUED S tr a t egic Goal 4 Indus try gr ound c ontr ol fr ame w ork IGCF 13 of the 20 participa ting c ompanies 65 ha v e c omplet ed their gap analy sis and ar e in the pr oc es s of inc orpor a ting the IGCF int o their f all of gr ound and health and saf ety management s y s t ems Indus try w orking t eam T he t eam held tw o F OG indus try w orking t eam meetings in 20 19 with an a v er age a tt endanc e of 14 c ompan y r epr esenta tiv es per meeting Noise Indus try wide Buy and Maintain Quiet Initia tiv e IBMQI T he MO SH noise t eam c ontinued t o f acilita t e the IBMQI as a noise sour c e elimina tion initia tiv e f ocused on pr omoting the management of the noise hazar d a t the equipment design phase T he f ollo wing miles t ones w er e c omplet ed during the r eporting period T hir dparty equipment noise v erifca tion measur ement F ollo wing the suc c es sful peer r e vie w and publishing of the Guidanc e Not e f or Noise Measur ement of E quipment t o ensur e c onf ormanc e with the MHSC miles t ones the IBMQI Measur ement S tandar ds sub c ommitt ee identifed se v er al v ariables of c onc ern in the noise measur ement and or v erifca tion methodologies utilised b y mines OEMs suppliers servic e pr o viders and appr o v ed inspection authorities AIAs f or ne w or r epair ed equipment T hese v ariables include k e y elements such as the t es t en vir onment ins truments used noise measuring s tandar ds used c ompet enc y of the V erifca tion Ofc er et c All these v ariables ha v e the pot ential t o c ompr omise the quality int egrity and r eliability of the noise measur ement r esults r eport ed f or the equipment e v alua t ed T his c ould also r esult in the noise measur ements of the equipment not being c ompar able betw een pr oducts and manuf actur ers or suppliers As a r esult the MO SH noise t eam embark ed on the de v elopment of a T hir dP arty Noise Measur ement V erifca tion Guidanc e Not e Its int ent is t o guide the South A frican mining indus try including OEMs on the appr opria t e equipment noise v erifca tion measur ement f or ne wly pr ocur ed and maintained equipment Furthermor e the MO SH noise t eam engaged v arious ins titutions during the dr afting of this guidanc e not e namely the Univ ersity of Pr et oria the S ABS and the C ouncil f or Scientifc and Indus trial R esear ch CSIR T he T hir dP arty Noise Measur ement V erifca tion Guidanc e Not e w as fnalised aft er being c ommunica t ed t o subject ma tt er e xperts within the indus try f or their input in its dr aft f orm It w as also subject ed t o an independent peer r e vie w f acilita t ed b y the North W es t Univ ersity niche ar ea leader Oc cupa tional Hy giene and Health R esear ch Initia tiv e thr ough their netw ork of int erna tional and local e xperts and specialis ts IBMQI pr ocur ement guide One of the IBMQI k e y principles is ar ound quiet pr ocur ement pr oc es ses which applies t o both the pr ocur ement of ne w equipment and the maint enanc e of e xis ting equipment K e y engagements w er e held with se v er al indus try members and c ompanies t o det ermine the e xt ent and efcac y of e xis ting quiet pr ocur ement pr oc es ses Subsequently this ar ea w as identifed as ha ving an opportunity t o add signifcant beneft t o the mining indus try Use w as made of the IBMQI pr ocur ement fr ame w orks pr e viously de v eloped b y the IBMQI pr ocur ement subc ommitt ee t o dr aft a pr ocur ement guide T his w as based on IBMQI principles and input fr om c onsulta tion with subject ma tt er e xperts and indus try members T he IBMQI pr ocur ement guide will also be subject ed t o indus try engagement and a peer r e vie w pr oc es s prior t o publica tion t o the mining indus try T yr e defa tion noise r eduction simple leading pr actic e T he pr actic e w as subject ed t o a detailed int ernal MO SH peer r e vie w pr oc es s which r esult ed in the pr actic e being clas sifed as a simple leading pr actic e It w as subsequently launched t o the indus try in the nine South A frican pr o vinc es thr ough the r egional tripartit e f orums c oor dina t ed b y the MHSC f ormal r egional launch w orkshops w er e held T he adoption pr oc es s f or the T yr e Defa tion Simple L eading Pr actic e w as f ormally opened t o all the c ompanies tha t a tt ended the launch w orkshops Int er es t ed c ompanies w er e as sis t ed in r egis t ering f or adoption during and aft er the launch w orkshops Int er es t gr oups w er e es tablished f or the v arious r egions adopting the leading pr actic e and all the adopting mines w er e enr olled During the int er es t gr oup engagements the adopting mines shar ed and pr esent ed their adoption pr ogr es s with each other Sit e visits w er e intr oduc ed t o the hos ting mines tyr e w orkshop ar eas which as sis t ed the adopting mines t o obtain a bett er unders tanding T his appr oach also cr ea t ed a pla tf orm t o engage on the t echnical aspects as socia t ed with the simple leading pr actic e thr ough pr actical demons tr a tions Se v er al adopting mines ha v e demons tr a t ed notable r eductions in w orkplac e noise emis sion and P age 96