oper a t or noise e xposur e fr om 100dBA t o belo w 85dBA and signifcant r eductions in defa tion dur a tions as a r esult of the implementa tion of the leading pr actic e E quipment noise t es ting and tagout pr actic e A documenta tion pr oc es s c ommenc ed on the equipment noise t es ting and tagout pr actic e a t a member pla tinum mine as the sour c e mine T his is en visaged t o be the ne xt noise leading pr actic e f or the mining indus try T he equipment noise t es ting and tag out pr actic e is an IBMQI principle based pr actic e which ensur es tha t the equipment is maintained and r epair ed back t o its original specifca tions and inc orpor a t es noise emis sion management principles Noise measur ement baselines and oper a tional s tandar ds ar e a v ailable f or the equipment r epair ed and the maintained equipment is e v alua t ed agains t the noise measur ement baselines and oper a tional s tandar ds prior t o being r eleased back t o the w orking plac e An y equipment not c omplying with the noise measur ement baselines and oper a tional s tandar ds is not r eleased back t o the w orking plac e and is r a ther subject ed t o an in v es tiga tion and the r emedial actions r equir ed It is anticipa t ed f or the pr actic e t o be suc c es sfully document ed and peer r e vie w ed during 20 20 Dus t T he f ocus of the dus t t eam during 20 19 has been t o impr o v e the adoption of leading pr actic es es tablish r ela tions with v arious mining oper a tions in dif er ent c ommodity sect ors and pr o vide support t o the under gr ound c olliery mines endea v ours t o adopt C ontinuous R eal T ime Monit ors CR TM and the identifca tion of futur e pot ential leading pr actic es C on v e y or belt aut oma t ed tr ansf erpoint f ogging s y s t em CBA T T he CBA T simple leading pr actic e w as suc c es sfully launched in Ma y 20 19 a t an indus try w orkshop hos t ed b y a leading member c oal c olliery A t leas t nine c oal mining gr oups w er e r epr esent ed including non members of the Miner als C ouncil Fiv e of the mining gr oups signed up f or adoption on the da y Pr omotion of the CBA T simple leading pr actic e c ontinued a t the Mpumalanga and K w aZuluNa tal r egional tripartit e f orums Fiv e mines out of 30 pot ential adopt er mines initially identifed ha v e pr ogr es sed 40 along the adoption pr oc es s s t eps C ontinuous R eal T ime Monit oring CR TM A doption s t ep pr ogr es s in 20 19 b y all gold and other c ommodity oper a tions e x c ept f or c ollieries w as 99 9 c ompar ed t o 814 in 20 18 T he pr ogr es s c ons titut ed 26 gold mines one pla tinum c on v erting plant one manganese mine one diamond mine and one ir on or e mine As r eques t ed b y members the CR TM gold c ommunity of pr actic e f or adoption w as not disbanded It has thus been tr ansf ormed int o a CR TM Int er action Gr oup which will c ontinue t o shar e adv anc es in CR TM t echnologies and serv e as an indus try w orking gr oup f or dus t managementr ela t ed activities A doption in the c oal mines has s talled a t 5 7 4 of the o v er all adoption pr oc es s s t eps with mos t of the adopting mines citing intrinsic saf ety challenges in the ins talla tion of pr ocur ed CR TM units T hese oper a tions ar e c ontinuously as sis t ed t o addr es s these challenges thr ough the Under gr ound C olliery W orking Gr oup and the r e viv al of the adoption pr oc es s is the primary f ocus HEAL TH Khumbul ekha y a T he Health Department is an int egr al part of the implementa tion of the Khumbul ekha y a s tr a t egy f or r educing mortality fr om oc cupa tional health and saf ety T he Khumbul ekha y a s tr a t egy demands tha t na tional and int erna tional mechanisms f or tr acking f a talities r ela t ed t o oc cupa tional diseases during and pos templo yment be e xplor ed T w o s tudies w er e c onduct ed with one c ontinuing in 20 20 T he frs t s tudy w as on tr acking f a talities due t o oc cupa tional diseases aft er emplo yment with the f ollo wing objectiv es R e vie w curr ent legisla tion r egar ding ho w dea ths pos templo yment ar e ca t er ed f or and wha t the gaps ar e C onduct a lit er a tur e r e vie w of na tional and int erna tional leading pr actic es on the t opic C onsult na tional and int erna tional e xperts on the t opic t o solicit their vie w s on wha t is pos sible f or the South A frican mining indus try Mak e r ec ommenda tions and cr ea t e a s tr a t egy on ho w f a talities pos t emplo yment can be monit or ed in the mining indus try T he r esults of the s tudy indica t ed tha t South A frica does not pos ses s pr er equisit es f or the sus tainable monit oring of dea ths due t o oc cupa tional diseases South A frica thus had k e y s tructur al challenges r egar ding surv eillanc e of oc cupa tional diseases pos t emplo yment T he subsequent r eport r ec ommends tha t a number of da tabases be used t o tr ack f a talities during and pos templo yment In or der f or these da tabases t o be as detailed and c ompr ehensiv e as pos sible ho w e v er other r olepla y ers be y ond the indus try need t o be in v olv ed T hese include doct ors r eporting on oc cupa tional diseases P age 9 7 MINERALS C OUNCIL SOUTH AFRICA INTEGRA TED ANNU AL REVIEW 20 19